#BDB721#BDB721

#BDB721 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.155 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB721
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -13.60, 69.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 70.34, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0456 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.155 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1959, 44.7970, 8.0733)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB721 #2127BD

analogous

#BD6921 #BDB721 #75BD21

triadic

#BDB721 #21BDB7 #B721BD

tetradic

#BDB721 #21BD69 #2127BD #BD2175

square

#BDB721 #21BD69 #2127BD #BD2175

split-complementary

#BDB721 #2175BD #6921BD

monochromatic

#55520F #898518 #BDB721 #DDD73E #E6E272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BDB721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB721

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB721	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.155 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cc6c',
    500: '#bdb721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb721;
$custom-light: #d5cc6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7605,
    "c": 0.15536,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB721

secondary

#6D70CD

accent

#42ED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB721

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

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