#BDB921#BDB921

#BDB921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.157 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB921
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -14.62, 69.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 70.99, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0485 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.157 108)
XYZ	xyz(38.6114, 45.6279, 8.2117)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB921 #2125BD

analogous

#BD6B21 #BDB921 #73BD21

triadic

#BDB921 #21BDB9 #B921BD

tetradic

#BDB921 #21BD6B #2125BD #BD2173

square

#BDB921 #21BD6B #2125BD #BD2173

split-complementary

#BDB921 #2173BD #6B21BD

monochromatic

#55530F #898618 #BDB921 #DDD93E #E6E372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BDB921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB921

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB921	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.157 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd6d',
    500: '#bdb921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb921;
$custom-light: #d5cd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76485,
    "c": 0.15718,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.45627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB921

secondary

#6D6FCD

accent

#3FED3B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB921

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

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