#BDB648#BDB648

#BDB648 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.131 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB648
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -11.25, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 56.34, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0353 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.131 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8853, 44.7439, 12.7178)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB648 #484FBD

analogous

#BD7B48 #BDB648 #89BD48

triadic

#BDB648 #48BDB6 #B648BD

tetradic

#BDB648 #48BD7B #484FBD #BD4889

square

#BDB648 #48BD7B #484FBD #BD4889

split-complementary

#BDB648 #4889BD #7B48BD

monochromatic

#666225 #938D35 #BDB648 #CDC875 #DDDAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BDB648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB648

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB648	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.131 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb80',
    500: '#bdb648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb648;
$custom-light: #d4cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.41,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76098,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB648

secondary

#979ACA

accent

#59D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB648

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

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