#BDB849#BDB849

#BDB849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.132 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB849
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -12.21, 55.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 56.70, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0379 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.132 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3307, 45.5821, 13.0285)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB849 #494EBD

analogous

#BD7E49 #BDB849 #88BD49

triadic

#BDB849 #49BDB8 #B849BD

tetradic

#BDB849 #49BD7E #494EBD #BD4988

square

#BDB849 #49BD7E #494EBD #BD4988

split-complementary

#BDB849 #4988BD #7E49BD

monochromatic

#666425 #938F35 #BDB849 #CDCA76 #DEDBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BDB849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB849

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB849	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.132 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd81',
    500: '#bdb849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb849;
$custom-light: #d4cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.414,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76539,
    "c": 0.13204,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB849

secondary

#979ACA

accent

#57D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB849

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

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