#BDB941#BDB941

#BDB941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.139 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB941
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 65)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -13.22, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 60.42, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0417 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.139 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2907, 45.8997, 11.7898)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB941 #4145BD

analogous

#BD7B41 #BDB941 #83BD41

triadic

#BDB941 #41BDB9 #B941BD

tetradic

#BDB941 #41BD7B #4145BD #BD4183

square

#BDB941 #41BD7B #4145BD #BD4183

split-complementary

#BDB941 #4183BD #7B41BD

monochromatic

#626022 #8F8C31 #BDB941 #CDCA6E #DDDB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BDB941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB941

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB941	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.139 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd7c',
    500: '#bdb941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb941;
$custom-light: #d4cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76683,
    "c": 0.13923,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB941

secondary

#9193C9

accent

#54D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB941

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

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