#BDB649#BDB649

#BDB649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.130 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB649
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -11.18, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 55.91, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.035 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.13 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9181, 44.7571, 12.8910)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB649 #4950BD

analogous

#BD7C49 #BDB649 #8ABD49

triadic

#BDB649 #49BDB6 #B649BD

tetradic

#BDB649 #49BD7C #4950BD #BD498A

square

#BDB649 #49BD7C #4950BD #BD498A

split-complementary

#BDB649 #498ABD #7C49BD

monochromatic

#666325 #938E35 #BDB649 #CDC876 #DEDAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BDB649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB649

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB649	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)

#C5B03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.130 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb80',
    500: '#bdb649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb649;
$custom-light: #d4cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.379,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76107,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB649

secondary

#979ACA

accent

#59D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB649

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

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