#BDB545#BDB545

#BDB545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.132 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB545
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -10.93, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 57.23, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0347 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.132 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5857, 44.2976, 12.1468)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB545 #454DBD

analogous

#BD7945 #BDB545 #89BD45

triadic

#BDB545 #45BDB5 #B545BD

tetradic

#BDB545 #45BD79 #454DBD #BD4589

square

#BDB545 #45BD79 #454DBD #BD4589

split-complementary

#BDB545 #4589BD #7945BD

monochromatic

#646024 #918B34 #BDB545 #CDC772 #DDD99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BDB545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB545

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB545	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.132 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7e',
    500: '#bdb545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb545;
$custom-light: #d4ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75854,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB545

secondary

#9498CA

accent

#5AD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB545

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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