#BDB730#BDB730

#BDB730 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.148 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB730
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -13.07, 64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 65.95, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0429 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.148 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4548, 44.9006, 9.4368)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB730 #3036BD

analogous

#BD7130 #BDB730 #7DBD30

triadic

#BDB730 #30BDB7 #B730BD

tetradic

#BDB730 #30BD71 #3036BD #BD307D

square

#BDB730 #30BD71 #3036BD #BD307D

split-complementary

#BDB730 #307DBD #7130BD

monochromatic

#5B5817 #8C8824 #BDB730 #D4CF56 #E0DD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB730 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BDB730 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB730

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB730	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB730	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)

#C7B013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.148 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cc73',
    500: '#bdb730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb730;
$custom-light: #d5cc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76126,
    "c": 0.14827,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB730

secondary

#7F82CA

accent

#4CE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB730

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

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