#BDB650#BDB650

#BDB650 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.124 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB650
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -10.68, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 52.81, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0328 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.124 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1634, 44.8552, 14.1828)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB650 #5057BD

analogous

#BD8050 #BDB650 #8DBD50

triadic

#BDB650 #50BDB6 #B650BD

tetradic

#BDB650 #50BD80 #5057BD #BD508D

square

#BDB650 #50BD80 #5057BD #BD508D

split-complementary

#BDB650 #508DBD #8050BD

monochromatic

#6A6628 #979139 #BDB650 #CEC97C #DFDBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BDB650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB650

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB650	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.124 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb85',
    500: '#bdb650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb650;
$custom-light: #d3cb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7618,
    "c": 0.12404,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB650

secondary

#9DA0CC

accent

#5BD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB650

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

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