#BDB627#BDB627

#BDB627 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.152 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB627
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -12.90, 67.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 68.40, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0432 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.152 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0820, 44.4226, 8.4875)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB627 #272EBD

analogous

#BD6B27 #BDB627 #79BD27

triadic

#BDB627 #27BDB6 #B627BD

tetradic

#BDB627 #27BD6B #272EBD #BD2779

square

#BDB627 #27BD6B #272EBD #BD2779

split-complementary

#BDB627 #2779BD #6B27BD

monochromatic

#585412 #8A851D #BDB627 #D9D248 #E4DF7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB627 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BDB627 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB627

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB627	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB627	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)

#C9B434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb627;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.152 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cb6f',
    500: '#bdb627',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb627;
$custom-light: #d5cb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb627",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7586,
    "c": 0.15191,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB627

secondary

#7478CC

accent

#47E93F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB627

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

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