#BDB845#BDB845

#BDB845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.135 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB845
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -12.47, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 58.39, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0391 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.135 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2023, 45.5307, 12.3524)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB845 #454ABD

analogous

#BD7C45 #BDB845 #86BD45

triadic

#BDB845 #45BDB8 #B845BD

tetradic

#BDB845 #45BD7C #454ABD #BD4586

square

#BDB845 #45BD7C #454ABD #BD4586

split-complementary

#BDB845 #4586BD #7C45BD

monochromatic

#646124 #918D34 #BDB845 #CDC972 #DDDA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BDB845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB845

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB845	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.135 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd7e',
    500: '#bdb845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb845;
$custom-light: #d4cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76501,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB845

secondary

#9496CA

accent

#56D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB845

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

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