#BDB927#BDB927

#BDB927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.155 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB927
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -14.43, 67.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 69.41, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0475 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.155 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7030, 45.6646, 8.6945)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB927 #272BBD

analogous

#BD6E27 #BDB927 #76BD27

triadic

#BDB927 #27BDB9 #B927BD

tetradic

#BDB927 #27BD6E #272BBD #BD2776

square

#BDB927 #27BD6E #272BBD #BD2776

split-complementary

#BDB927 #2776BD #6E27BD

monochromatic

#585612 #8A871D #BDB927 #D9D548 #E4E17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BDB927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB927

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB927	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)

#CBB634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.155 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd6f',
    500: '#bdb927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb927;
$custom-light: #d5cd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76512,
    "c": 0.15466,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB927

secondary

#7476CC

accent

#44E93F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB927

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

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