#BDB640#BDB640

#BDB640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.137 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB640
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -11.75, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 59.68, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0376 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.137 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6411, 44.6462, 11.4316)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB640 #4047BD

analogous

#BD7840 #BDB640 #86BD40

triadic

#BDB640 #40BDB6 #B640BD

tetradic

#BDB640 #40BD78 #4047BD #BD4086

square

#BDB640 #40BD78 #4047BD #BD4086

split-complementary

#BDB640 #4086BD #7840BD

monochromatic

#625E21 #8F8A31 #BDB640 #CDC86D #DDD99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BDB640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB640

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB640	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.137 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb7b',
    500: '#bdb640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb640;
$custom-light: #d4cb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76026,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB640

secondary

#9093C9

accent

#57D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB640

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

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