#BDB62A#BDB62A

#BDB62A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.150 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB62A
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -12.79, 66.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 67.51, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0427 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.15 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1337, 44.4433, 8.7597)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB62A #2A31BD

analogous

#BD6D2A #BDB62A #7ABD2A

triadic

#BDB62A #2ABDB6 #B62ABD

tetradic

#BDB62A #2ABD6D #2A31BD #BD2A7A

square

#BDB62A #2ABD6D #2A31BD #BD2A7A

split-complementary

#BDB62A #2A7ABD #6D2ABD

monochromatic

#595614 #8B861F #BDB62A #D7D14D #E3DE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB62A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BDB62A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB62A

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB62A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB62A	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)

#C9B436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb62a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.150 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cb70',
    500: '#bdb62a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb62a;
$custom-light: #d5cb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb62a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75875,
    "c": 0.15049,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB62A

secondary

#787CCB

accent

#49E741

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB62A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →