#BDB037#BDB037

#BDB037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.138 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB037
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -9.13, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 61.04, 98.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0312 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.138 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2028, 42.1469, 9.7892)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB037 #3744BD

analogous

#BD6D37 #BDB037 #87BD37

triadic

#BDB037 #37BDB0 #B037BD

tetradic

#BDB037 #37BD6D #3744BD #BD3787

square

#BDB037 #37BD6D #3744BD #BD3787

split-complementary

#BDB037 #3787BD #6D37BD

monochromatic

#5E581B #8E8429 #BDB037 #D1C660 #DFD790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDB037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BDB037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB037

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB037	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.138 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c776',
    500: '#bdb037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb037;
$custom-light: #d4c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.179,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74664,
    "c": 0.13769,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB037

secondary

#868DC9

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB037

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

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