#BDB822#BDB822

#BDB822 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	#BDB822
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -14.08, 68.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 70.41, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0469 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.156 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4171, 45.2167, 8.2171)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB822 #2227BD

analogous

#BD6B22 #BDB822 #74BD22

triadic

#BDB822 #22BDB8 #B822BD

tetradic

#BDB822 #22BD6B #2227BD #BD2274

square

#BDB822 #22BD6B #2227BD #BD2274

split-complementary

#BDB822 #2274BD #6B22BD

monochromatic

#55530F #898619 #BDB822 #DDD840 #E6E273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BDB822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB822

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB822	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: #bdb822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.156 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd6d',
    500: '#bdb822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb822;
$custom-light: #d5cd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76272,
    "c": 0.15587,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB822

secondary

#6E71CD

accent

#41EC3B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB822

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

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