#BDB139#BDB139

#BDB139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.137 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB139
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -9.55, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 60.62, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0321 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.137 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4485, 42.5600, 10.1124)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB139 #3945BD

analogous

#BD6F39 #BDB139 #87BD39

triadic

#BDB139 #39BDB1 #B139BD

tetradic

#BDB139 #39BD6F #3945BD #BD3987

square

#BDB139 #39BD6F #3945BD #BD3987

split-complementary

#BDB139 #3987BD #6F39BD

monochromatic

#5F591D #8E852B #BDB139 #D0C663 #DED792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDB139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BDB139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB139

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB139	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)

#C1AB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.137 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c877',
    500: '#bdb139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb139;
$custom-light: #d4c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74893,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB139

secondary

#898EC9

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB139

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

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