#BDB641#BDB641

#BDB641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.136 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB641
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -11.69, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 59.27, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0373 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.136 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6698, 44.6577, 11.5828)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB641 #4148BD

analogous

#BD7841 #BDB641 #86BD41

triadic

#BDB641 #41BDB6 #B641BD

tetradic

#BDB641 #41BD78 #4148BD #BD4186

square

#BDB641 #41BD78 #4148BD #BD4186

split-complementary

#BDB641 #4186BD #7841BD

monochromatic

#625E22 #8F8A31 #BDB641 #CDC86E #DDD99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BDB641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB641

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB641	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	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)

#C5AF31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.136 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb7c',
    500: '#bdb641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb641;
$custom-light: #d4cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76034,
    "c": 0.13628,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB641

secondary

#9194C9

accent

#57D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB641

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

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