#BDB827#BDB827

#BDB827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.154 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB827
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -13.92, 67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 69.07, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0461 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.154 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4946, 45.2476, 8.6250)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB827 #272CBD

analogous

#BD6D27 #BDB827 #77BD27

triadic

#BDB827 #27BDB8 #B827BD

tetradic

#BDB827 #27BD6D #272CBD #BD2777

square

#BDB827 #27BD6D #272CBD #BD2777

split-complementary

#BDB827 #2777BD #6D27BD

monochromatic

#585512 #8A871D #BDB827 #D9D448 #E4E07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BDB827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB827

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB827	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)

#CBB634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.154 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd6f',
    500: '#bdb827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb827;
$custom-light: #d5cd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76295,
    "c": 0.15374,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB827

secondary

#7477CC

accent

#45E93F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB827

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

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