#BDBA21#BDBA21

#BDBA21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.158 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA21
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -15.13, 69.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 71.33, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0499 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.158 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8213, 46.0478, 8.2817)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA21 #2124BD

analogous

#BD6C21 #BDBA21 #72BD21

triadic

#BDBA21 #21BDBA #BA21BD

tetradic

#BDBA21 #21BD6C #2124BD #BD2172

square

#BDBA21 #21BD6C #2124BD #BD2172

split-complementary

#BDBA21 #2172BD #6C21BD

monochromatic

#55530F #898718 #BDBA21 #DDDA3E #E6E472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDBA21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BDBA21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA21

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA21	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.158 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce6d',
    500: '#bdba21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba21;
$custom-light: #d5ce6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76703,
    "c": 0.15809,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA21

secondary

#6D6FCD

accent

#3EED3B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA21

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

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