#BDBA28#BDBA28

#BDBA28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.155 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA28
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -14.90, 67.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 69.46, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0487 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.155 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9297, 46.0911, 8.8529)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA28 #282BBD

analogous

#BD7028 #BDBA28 #75BD28

triadic

#BDBA28 #28BDBA #BA28BD

tetradic

#BDBA28 #28BD70 #282BBD #BD2875

square

#BDBA28 #28BD70 #282BBD #BD2875

split-complementary

#BDBA28 #2875BD #7028BD

monochromatic

#585713 #8A881D #BDBA28 #D9D64A #E3E17C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDBA28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BDBA28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA28

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA28	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	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)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.155 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce70',
    500: '#bdba28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba28;
$custom-light: #d5ce70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.792,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76735,
    "c": 0.15514,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA28

secondary

#7577CB

accent

#43E840

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA28

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

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