#BDB82A#BDB82A

#BDB82A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.152 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB82A
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -13.82, 66.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 68.19, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0455 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.152 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5463, 45.2683, 8.8973)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB82A #2A2FBD

analogous

#BD6E2A #BDB82A #79BD2A

triadic

#BDB82A #2ABDB8 #B82ABD

tetradic

#BDB82A #2ABD6E #2A2FBD #BD2A79

square

#BDB82A #2ABD6E #2A2FBD #BD2A79

split-complementary

#BDB82A #2A79BD #6E2ABD

monochromatic

#595714 #8B871F #BDB82A #D7D34D #E3DF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB82A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BDB82A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB82A

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB82A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB82A	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)

#CBB636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb82a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.152 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd70',
    500: '#bdb82a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb82a;
$custom-light: #d5cd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb82a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.959,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7631,
    "c": 0.15233,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB82A

secondary

#787BCB

accent

#47E741

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB82A

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

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