#BDB722#BDB722

#BDB722 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.155 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB722
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -13.57, 68.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 70.08, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0455 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.155 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2101, 44.8027, 8.1481)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB722 #2228BD

analogous

#BD6922 #BDB722 #75BD22

triadic

#BDB722 #22BDB7 #B722BD

tetradic

#BDB722 #22BD69 #2228BD #BD2275

square

#BDB722 #22BD69 #2228BD #BD2275

split-complementary

#BDB722 #2275BD #6922BD

monochromatic

#55530F #898519 #BDB722 #DDD640 #E6E173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BDB722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB722

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB722	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)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.155 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cc6d',
    500: '#bdb722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb722;
$custom-light: #d5cc6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.677,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76054,
    "c": 0.15496,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB722

secondary

#6E72CD

accent

#42EC3B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB722

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

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