#BDB824#BDB824

#BDB824 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 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB824
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 36)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -14.02, 68.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 69.89, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0466 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.155 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4468, 45.2285, 8.3735)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB824 #2429BD

analogous

#BD6C24 #BDB824 #76BD24

triadic

#BDB824 #24BDB8 #B824BD

tetradic

#BDB824 #24BD6C #2429BD #BD2476

square

#BDB824 #24BD6C #2429BD #BD2476

split-complementary

#BDB824 #2476BD #6C24BD

monochromatic

#565410 #8A861A #BDB824 #DBD643 #E5E176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BDB824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB824

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB824	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.155 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd6e',
    500: '#bdb824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb824;
$custom-light: #d5cd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.039,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76281,
    "c": 0.15505,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB824

secondary

#7073CC

accent

#43EB3D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB824

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

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