#BDB621#BDB621

#BDB621 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.154 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB621
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -13.09, 68.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 70.01, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0442 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.154 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9904, 44.3860, 8.0047)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB621 #2128BD

analogous

#BD6821 #BDB621 #76BD21

triadic

#BDB621 #21BDB6 #B621BD

tetradic

#BDB621 #21BD68 #2128BD #BD2176

square

#BDB621 #21BD68 #2128BD #BD2176

split-complementary

#BDB621 #2176BD #6821BD

monochromatic

#55520F #898418 #BDB621 #DDD63E #E6E172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BDB621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB621

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB621	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B42F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.154 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cb6c',
    500: '#bdb621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb621;
$custom-light: #d5cb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.308,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75833,
    "c": 0.15447,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB621

secondary

#6D71CD

accent

#43ED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB621

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

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