#BDB725#BDB725

#BDB725 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.154 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB725
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 37)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -13.48, 67.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 69.29, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.045 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.154 107)
XYZ	xyz(38.2553, 44.8208, 8.3861)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB725 #252BBD

analogous

#BD6B25 #BDB725 #77BD25

triadic

#BDB725 #25BDB7 #B725BD

tetradic

#BDB725 #25BD6B #252BBD #BD2577

square

#BDB725 #25BD6B #252BBD #BD2577

split-complementary

#BDB725 #2577BD #6B25BD

monochromatic

#575411 #8A851B #BDB725 #DBD545 #E5E078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB725 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BDB725 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB725

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB725	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB725	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)

#CAB532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb725;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.154 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cc6e',
    500: '#bdb725',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb725;
$custom-light: #d5cc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb725",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.632,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76068,
    "c": 0.15371,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.44819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB725

secondary

#7275CC

accent

#44EA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB725

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

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