#BDB828#BDB828

#BDB828 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.153 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB828
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 40)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -13.89, 67.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 68.78, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0459 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.153 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5114, 45.2544, 8.7134)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB828 #282DBD

analogous

#BD6E28 #BDB828 #77BD28

triadic

#BDB828 #28BDB8 #B828BD

tetradic

#BDB828 #28BD6E #282DBD #BD2877

square

#BDB828 #28BD6E #282DBD #BD2877

split-complementary

#BDB828 #2877BD #6E28BD

monochromatic

#585613 #8A871D #BDB828 #D9D44A #E3E07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BDB828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB828

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB828	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)

#CBB635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.153 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd6f',
    500: '#bdb828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb828;
$custom-light: #d5cd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.987,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76299,
    "c": 0.15328,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB828

secondary

#7578CB

accent

#45E840

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB828

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

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