#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
RGBrgb(189, 182, 33)
HSLhsl(57, 70%, 44%)
HSVhsv(57, 83%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.7%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(72.49, -13.09, 68.78)
CIE-LCHlch(72.49, 70.01, 100.78°)
OKLaboklab(75.83% -0.0442 0.148)
OKLCHoklch(75.83% 0.154 106.6)
XYZxyz(37.9904, 44.3860, 8.0047)
Luminance0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BDB6211.002.139.889.88
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8821.001.001.00
##0000009.8821.001.001.00

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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#BDB621 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva