#BDB039#BDB039

#BDB039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.136 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB039
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -9.03, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 60.28, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0307 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.136 103)
XYZ	xyz(37.2517, 42.1664, 10.0468)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB039 #3946BD

analogous

#BD6E39 #BDB039 #88BD39

triadic

#BDB039 #39BDB0 #B039BD

tetradic

#BDB039 #39BD6E #3946BD #BD3988

square

#BDB039 #39BD6E #3946BD #BD3988

split-complementary

#BDB039 #3988BD #6E39BD

monochromatic

#5F581D #8E842B #BDB039 #D0C563 #DED792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDB039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BDB039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB039

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB039	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)

#C0AA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.136 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c777',
    500: '#bdb039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb039;
$custom-light: #d4c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74679,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.42165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB039

secondary

#898FC9

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB039

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

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