#BDB628#BDB628

#BDB628 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.151 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB628
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 40)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -12.87, 66.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 68.11, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0431 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.151 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0988, 44.4293, 8.5759)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB628 #282FBD

analogous

#BD6B28 #BDB628 #7ABD28

triadic

#BDB628 #28BDB6 #B628BD

tetradic

#BDB628 #28BD6B #282FBD #BD287A

square

#BDB628 #28BD6B #282FBD #BD287A

split-complementary

#BDB628 #287ABD #6B28BD

monochromatic

#585513 #8A851D #BDB628 #D9D24A #E3DE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB628 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BDB628 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB628

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB628	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB628	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	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: #bdb628;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.151 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cb6f',
    500: '#bdb628',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb628;
$custom-light: #d5cb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb628",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.181,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75865,
    "c": 0.15145,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB628

secondary

#7579CB

accent

#48E840

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB628

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

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