#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
RGBrgb(189, 184, 73)
HSLhsl(57, 47%, 51%)
HSVhsv(57, 61%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.6%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(73.27, -12.21, 55.37)
CIE-LCHlch(73.27, 56.70, 102.43°)
OKLaboklab(76.54% -0.0379 0.1265)
OKLCHoklch(76.54% 0.132 106.7)
XYZxyz(39.3307, 45.5821, 13.0285)
Luminance0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BDB8491.002.0810.1210.12
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1221.001.001.00
##00000010.1221.001.001.00

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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#BDB849 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva