#BDB547#BDB547

#BDB547 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.131 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB547
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 71)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -10.80, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 56.38, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0341 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.131 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6488, 44.3228, 12.4793)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB547 #474FBD

analogous

#BD7A47 #BDB547 #8ABD47

triadic

#BDB547 #47BDB5 #B547BD

tetradic

#BDB547 #47BD7A #474FBD #BD478A

square

#BDB547 #47BD7A #474FBD #BD478A

split-complementary

#BDB547 #478ABD #7A47BD

monochromatic

#656124 #928C34 #BDB547 #CDC774 #DDD9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB547 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BDB547 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB547

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB547	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB547	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)

#C4AF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb547;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.131 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca7f',
    500: '#bdb547',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb547;
$custom-light: #d4ca7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb547",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75873,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB547

secondary

#9699CA

accent

#5AD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB547

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

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