#BDB825#BDB825

#BDB825 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	#BDB825
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 37)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -13.99, 68.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 69.62, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0464 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.155 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4623, 45.2347, 8.4551)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB825 #252ABD

analogous

#BD6C25 #BDB825 #76BD25

triadic

#BDB825 #25BDB8 #B825BD

tetradic

#BDB825 #25BD6C #252ABD #BD2576

square

#BDB825 #25BD6C #252ABD #BD2576

split-complementary

#BDB825 #2576BD #6C25BD

monochromatic

#575411 #8A861B #BDB825 #DBD645 #E5E178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BDB825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB825

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB825	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)

#C8B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.155 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd6e',
    500: '#bdb825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb825;
$custom-light: #d5cd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.026,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76285,
    "c": 0.15462,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB825

secondary

#7275CC

accent

#43EA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB825

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

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