#BDB821#BDB821

#BDB821 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.156 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB821
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -14.11, 69.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 70.66, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.047 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.156 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4029, 45.2110, 8.1423)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB821 #2126BD

analogous

#BD6A21 #BDB821 #74BD21

triadic

#BDB821 #21BDB8 #B821BD

tetradic

#BDB821 #21BD6A #2126BD #BD2174

square

#BDB821 #21BD6A #2126BD #BD2174

split-complementary

#BDB821 #2174BD #6A21BD

monochromatic

#55530F #898518 #BDB821 #DDD83E #E6E372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BDB821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB821

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB821	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)

#CBB630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.156 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd6d',
    500: '#bdb821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb821;
$custom-light: #d5cd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76268,
    "c": 0.15627,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB821

secondary

#6D70CD

accent

#40ED3B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB821

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

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