#BDB034#BDB034

#BDB034 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	#BDB034
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 52)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -9.28, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 62.15, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0319 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.14 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1331, 42.1190, 9.4220)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB034 #3441BD

analogous

#BD6C34 #BDB034 #85BD34

triadic

#BDB034 #34BDB0 #B034BD

tetradic

#BDB034 #34BD6C #3441BD #BD3485

square

#BDB034 #34BD6C #3441BD #BD3485

split-complementary

#BDB034 #3485BD #6C34BD

monochromatic

#5D571A #8D8327 #BDB034 #D2C75C #DFD78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDB034 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BDB034 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB034

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB034	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB034	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)

#C0AA1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb034;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.140 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c774',
    500: '#bdb034',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb034;
$custom-light: #d5c774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb034",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.307,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74642,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB034

secondary

#838ACA

accent

#56E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB034

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

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