#BDB548#BDB548

#BDB548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.130 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB548
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -10.73, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 55.95, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0338 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.13 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6812, 44.3358, 12.6497)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB548 #4850BD

analogous

#BD7A48 #BDB548 #8ABD48

triadic

#BDB548 #48BDB5 #B548BD

tetradic

#BDB548 #48BD7A #4850BD #BD488A

square

#BDB548 #48BD7A #4850BD #BD488A

split-complementary

#BDB548 #488ABD #7A48BD

monochromatic

#666125 #938C35 #BDB548 #CDC775 #DDD9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BDB548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB548

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB548	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.130 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca80',
    500: '#bdb548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb548;
$custom-light: #d4ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75882,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB548

secondary

#979ACA

accent

#5AD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB548

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

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