#BDB820#BDB820

#BDB820 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.157 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB820
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 32)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 83.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -14.14, 69.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 70.91, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0472 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.157 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3891, 45.2055, 8.0696)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB820 #2025BD

analogous

#BD6920 #BDB820 #73BD20

triadic

#BDB820 #20BDB8 #B820BD

tetradic

#BDB820 #20BD69 #2025BD #BD2073

square

#BDB820 #20BD69 #2025BD #BD2073

split-complementary

#BDB820 #2073BD #6920BD

monochromatic

#54520E #898517 #BDB820 #DED93C #E7E371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BDB820 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB820

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB820	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB62F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.157 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd6c',
    500: '#bdb820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb820;
$custom-light: #d5cd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.089,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76264,
    "c": 0.15665,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB820

secondary

#6B6ECD

accent

#40EE3A

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB820

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

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