#BDB137#BDB137

#BDB137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.139 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB137
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -9.65, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 61.38, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0326 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.139 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3996, 42.5404, 9.8548)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB137 #3743BD

analogous

#BD6E37 #BDB137 #86BD37

triadic

#BDB137 #37BDB1 #B137BD

tetradic

#BDB137 #37BD6E #3743BD #BD3786

square

#BDB137 #37BD6E #3743BD #BD3786

split-complementary

#BDB137 #3786BD #6E37BD

monochromatic

#5E581B #8E8529 #BDB137 #D1C760 #DFD890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BDB137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB137

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB137	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.139 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c876',
    500: '#bdb137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb137;
$custom-light: #d4c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74878,
    "c": 0.13858,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB137

secondary

#868CC9

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB137

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

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