#BDB823#BDB823

#BDB823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.155 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB823
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -14.05, 68.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 70.15, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0467 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.155 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4317, 45.2225, 8.2942)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB823 #2328BD

analogous

#BD6B23 #BDB823 #75BD23

triadic

#BDB823 #23BDB8 #B823BD

tetradic

#BDB823 #23BD6B #2328BD #BD2375

square

#BDB823 #23BD6B #2328BD #BD2375

split-complementary

#BDB823 #2375BD #6B23BD

monochromatic

#565310 #898619 #BDB823 #DCD741 #E5E275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BDB823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB823

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB823	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)

#CBB631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.155 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd6d',
    500: '#bdb823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb823;
$custom-light: #d5cd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.052,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76276,
    "c": 0.15546,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB823

secondary

#6F72CD

accent

#42EC3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB823

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

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