#BDB549#BDB549

#BDB549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.129 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB549
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -10.66, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 55.52, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0335 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.129 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7141, 44.3489, 12.8229)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB549 #4951BD

analogous

#BD7B49 #BDB549 #8BBD49

triadic

#BDB549 #49BDB5 #B549BD

tetradic

#BDB549 #49BD7B #4951BD #BD498B

square

#BDB549 #49BD7B #4951BD #BD498B

split-complementary

#BDB549 #498BBD #7B49BD

monochromatic

#666225 #938D35 #BDB549 #CDC776 #DEDAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BDB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB549

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB549	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)

#C4AF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.129 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca80',
    500: '#bdb549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb549;
$custom-light: #d4ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75892,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB549

secondary

#979BCA

accent

#5BD651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB549

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

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