#BDB642#BDB642

#BDB642 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	#BDB642
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -11.63, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 58.86, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.037 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.136 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6990, 44.6694, 11.7368)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB642 #4249BD

analogous

#BD7842 #BDB642 #87BD42

triadic

#BDB642 #42BDB6 #B642BD

tetradic

#BDB642 #42BD78 #4249BD #BD4287

square

#BDB642 #42BD78 #4249BD #BD4287

split-complementary

#BDB642 #4287BD #7842BD

monochromatic

#625F22 #908A32 #BDB642 #CDC86F #DDD99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BDB642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB642

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB642	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)

#C5B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.136 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb7c',
    500: '#bdb642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb642;
$custom-light: #d4cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.585,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76043,
    "c": 0.13553,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB642

secondary

#9295C9

accent

#58D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB642

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

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