#BDB950#BDB950

#BDB950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.127 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB950
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -12.22, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 54.02, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0372 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.127 107)
XYZ	xyz(39.7844, 46.0971, 14.3898)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB950 #5054BD

analogous

#BD8250 #BDB950 #8BBD50

triadic

#BDB950 #50BDB9 #B950BD

tetradic

#BDB950 #50BD82 #5054BD #BD508B

square

#BDB950 #50BD82 #5054BD #BD508B

split-complementary

#BDB950 #508BBD #8250BD

monochromatic

#6A6828 #979339 #BDB950 #CECB7C #DFDDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BDB950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB950

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB950	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.127 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd85',
    500: '#bdb950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb950;
$custom-light: #d3cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.798,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76826,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.46096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB950

secondary

#9D9FCC

accent

#58D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB950

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

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