#BDB623#BDB623

#BDB623 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	#BDB623
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -13.03, 68.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 69.50, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0439 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.154 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0192, 44.3975, 8.1567)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB623 #232ABD

analogous

#BD6923 #BDB623 #77BD23

triadic

#BDB623 #23BDB6 #B623BD

tetradic

#BDB623 #23BD69 #232ABD #BD2377

square

#BDB623 #23BD69 #232ABD #BD2377

split-complementary

#BDB623 #2377BD #6923BD

monochromatic

#565310 #898419 #BDB623 #DCD541 #E5E075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDB623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BDB623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB623

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB623	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)

#C9B431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.154 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cb6d',
    500: '#bdb623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb623;
$custom-light: #d5cb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75842,
    "c": 0.15366,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB623

secondary

#6F73CD

accent

#44EC3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB623

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

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