#BDB234#BDB234

#BDB234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.141 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB234
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -10.31, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 62.83, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0348 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.141 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5281, 42.9090, 9.5536)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB234 #343FBD

analogous

#BD6D34 #BDB234 #84BD34

triadic

#BDB234 #34BDB2 #B234BD

tetradic

#BDB234 #34BD6D #343FBD #BD3484

square

#BDB234 #34BD6D #343FBD #BD3484

split-complementary

#BDB234 #3484BD #6D34BD

monochromatic

#5D581A #8D8527 #BDB234 #D2C95C #DFD98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BDB234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB234

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB234	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.141 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c874',
    500: '#bdb234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb234;
$custom-light: #d5c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75072,
    "c": 0.14136,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB234

secondary

#8389CA

accent

#54E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB234

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

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