#BDB626#BDB626

#BDB626 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.152 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB626
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 38)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 79.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -12.94, 67.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 68.68, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0434 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.152 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0657, 44.4161, 8.4014)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB626 #262DBD

analogous

#BD6B26 #BDB626 #78BD26

triadic

#BDB626 #26BDB6 #B626BD

tetradic

#BDB626 #26BD6B #262DBD #BD2678

square

#BDB626 #26BD6B #262DBD #BD2678

split-complementary

#BDB626 #2678BD #6B26BD

monochromatic

#575412 #8A851C #BDB626 #DAD346 #E4DF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB626 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BDB626 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB626

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB626	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB626	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#C9B433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb626;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.152 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cb6e',
    500: '#bdb626',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb626;
$custom-light: #d5cb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb626",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.219,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75855,
    "c": 0.15237,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB626

secondary

#7377CC

accent

#46E93E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB626

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

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