#BDB922#BDB922

#BDB922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.157 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB922
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -14.59, 69.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 70.74, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0483 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.157 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6256, 45.6336, 8.2866)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB922 #2226BD

analogous

#BD6B22 #BDB922 #73BD22

triadic

#BDB922 #22BDB9 #B922BD

tetradic

#BDB922 #22BD6B #2226BD #BD2273

square

#BDB922 #22BD6B #2226BD #BD2273

split-complementary

#BDB922 #2273BD #6B22BD

monochromatic

#55530F #898619 #BDB922 #DDD940 #E6E373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BDB922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB922

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB922	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)

#CCB631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.157 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd6d',
    500: '#bdb922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb922;
$custom-light: #d5cd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.452,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7649,
    "c": 0.15678,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB922

secondary

#6E70CD

accent

#40EC3B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB922

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

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