#BDB72A#BDB72A

#BDB72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.151 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB72A
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -13.31, 66.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 67.85, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0441 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.151 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3393, 44.8543, 8.8283)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB72A #2A30BD

analogous

#BD6D2A #BDB72A #79BD2A

triadic

#BDB72A #2ABDB7 #B72ABD

tetradic

#BDB72A #2ABD6D #2A30BD #BD2A79

square

#BDB72A #2ABD6D #2A30BD #BD2A79

split-complementary

#BDB72A #2A79BD #6D2ABD

monochromatic

#595614 #8B871F #BDB72A #D7D24D #E3DE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDB72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BDB72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB72A

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB72A	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)

#C7B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.151 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cc70',
    500: '#bdb72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb72a;
$custom-light: #d5cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76092,
    "c": 0.1514,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB72A

secondary

#787BCB

accent

#48E741

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB72A

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

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