#BDB842#BDB842

#BDB842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.137 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB842
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -12.65, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 59.63, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.04 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.137 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1115, 45.4944, 11.8743)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB842 #4247BD

analogous

#BD7B42 #BDB842 #84BD42

triadic

#BDB842 #42BDB8 #B842BD

tetradic

#BDB842 #42BD7B #4247BD #BD4284

square

#BDB842 #42BD7B #4247BD #BD4284

split-complementary

#BDB842 #4284BD #7B42BD

monochromatic

#626022 #908C32 #BDB842 #CDC96F #DDDA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BDB842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB842

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB842	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)

#C7B132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.137 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd7c',
    500: '#bdb842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb842;
$custom-light: #d4cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.561,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76475,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB842

secondary

#9294C9

accent

#56D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB842

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

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