#BDB841#BDB841

#BDB841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.138 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB841
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 65)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -12.71, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 60.03, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0402 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.138 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0823, 45.4827, 11.7203)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB841 #4146BD

analogous

#BD7A41 #BDB841 #84BD41

triadic

#BDB841 #41BDB8 #B841BD

tetradic

#BDB841 #41BD7A #4146BD #BD4184

square

#BDB841 #41BD7A #4146BD #BD4184

split-complementary

#BDB841 #4184BD #7A41BD

monochromatic

#625F22 #8F8C31 #BDB841 #CDC96E #DDDA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BDB841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB841

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB841	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.138 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd7c',
    500: '#bdb841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb841;
$custom-light: #d4cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.581,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76466,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB841

secondary

#9193C9

accent

#55D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB841

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

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