#BDB033#BDB033

#BDB033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.140 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB033
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -9.32, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 62.51, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0321 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.14 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1108, 42.1101, 9.3046)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB033 #3340BD

analogous

#BD6B33 #BDB033 #85BD33

triadic

#BDB033 #33BDB0 #B033BD

tetradic

#BDB033 #33BD6B #3340BD #BD3385

square

#BDB033 #33BD6B #3340BD #BD3385

split-complementary

#BDB033 #3385BD #6B33BD

monochromatic

#5D5619 #8D8326 #BDB033 #D3C75B #E0D88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDB033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BDB033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB033

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB033	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)

#C0AA1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.140 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c773',
    500: '#bdb033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb033;
$custom-light: #d5c773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74635,
    "c": 0.14021,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB033

secondary

#8289CA

accent

#56E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB033

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

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