#BDB949#BDB949

#BDB949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.133 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB949
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -12.72, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 57.09, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0394 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.133 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5391, 45.9990, 13.0980)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB949 #494DBD

analogous

#BD7F49 #BDB949 #87BD49

triadic

#BDB949 #49BDB9 #B949BD

tetradic

#BDB949 #49BD7F #494DBD #BD4987

square

#BDB949 #49BD7F #494DBD #BD4987

split-complementary

#BDB949 #4987BD #7F49BD

monochromatic

#666425 #939035 #BDB949 #CDCA76 #DEDCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BDB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB949

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB949	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.133 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd81',
    500: '#bdb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb949;
$custom-light: #d4cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76755,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB949

secondary

#9799CA

accent

#56D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB949

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

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