#BDB72E#BDB72E

#BDB72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.149 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB72E
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -13.15, 65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 66.60, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0433 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.149 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4145, 44.8844, 9.2243)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB72E #2E34BD

analogous

#BD702E #BDB72E #7BBD2E

triadic

#BDB72E #2EBDB7 #B72EBD

tetradic

#BDB72E #2EBD70 #2E34BD #BD2E7B

square

#BDB72E #2EBD70 #2E34BD #BD2E7B

split-complementary

#BDB72E #2E7BBD #702EBD

monochromatic

#5B5816 #8C8722 #BDB72E #D5D053 #E1DD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BDB72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB72E

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB72E	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B00D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.149 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cc72',
    500: '#bdb72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb72e;
$custom-light: #d5cc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76115,
    "c": 0.14936,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB72E

secondary

#7C80CA

accent

#4BE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB72E

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

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