#BDB032#BDB032

#BDB032 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.141 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB032
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 50)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -9.37, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 62.87, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0323 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.141 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0890, 42.1013, 9.1897)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB032 #323FBD

analogous

#BD6A32 #BDB032 #85BD32

triadic

#BDB032 #32BDB0 #B032BD

tetradic

#BDB032 #32BD6A #323FBD #BD3285

square

#BDB032 #32BD6A #323FBD #BD3285

split-complementary

#BDB032 #3285BD #6A32BD

monochromatic

#5C5618 #8D8325 #BDB032 #D3C859 #E0D889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDB032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BDB032 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB032

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB032	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.141 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c773',
    500: '#bdb032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb032;
$custom-light: #d5c773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.388,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74629,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB032

secondary

#8188CA

accent

#55E146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB032

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

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