#BDB134#BDB134

#BDB134 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.140 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB134
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -9.80, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 62.49, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0333 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.14 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3298, 42.5126, 9.4876)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB134 #3440BD

analogous

#BD6D34 #BDB134 #84BD34

triadic

#BDB134 #34BDB1 #B134BD

tetradic

#BDB134 #34BD6D #3440BD #BD3484

square

#BDB134 #34BD6D #3440BD #BD3484

split-complementary

#BDB134 #3484BD #6D34BD

monochromatic

#5D571A #8D8427 #BDB134 #D2C85C #DFD88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB134 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BDB134 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB134

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB134	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB134	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb134;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.140 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c874',
    500: '#bdb134',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb134;
$custom-light: #d5c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb134",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74857,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB134

secondary

#8389CA

accent

#55E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB134

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

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