#BDB62C#BDB62C

#BDB62C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.149 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB62C
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -12.72, 65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 66.89, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0423 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.149 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1704, 44.4580, 8.9530)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB62C #2C33BD

analogous

#BD6D2C #BDB62C #7CBD2C

triadic

#BDB62C #2CBDB6 #B62CBD

tetradic

#BDB62C #2CBD6D #2C33BD #BD2C7C

square

#BDB62C #2CBD6D #2C33BD #BD2C7C

split-complementary

#BDB62C #2C7CBD #6D2CBD

monochromatic

#5A5615 #8B8620 #BDB62C #D6D050 #E2DD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB62C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BDB62C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB62C

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB62C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB62C	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)

#C6AF07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb62c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.149 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cb71',
    500: '#bdb62c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb62c;
$custom-light: #d5cb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb62c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.103,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75886,
    "c": 0.14948,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB62C

secondary

#7A7ECB

accent

#4AE542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB62C

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

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