#BDB235#BDB235

#BDB235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.141 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB235
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -10.27, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 62.47, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0346 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.141 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5508, 42.9181, 9.6735)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB235 #3540BD

analogous

#BD6E35 #BDB235 #84BD35

triadic

#BDB235 #35BDB2 #B235BD

tetradic

#BDB235 #35BD6E #3540BD #BD3584

square

#BDB235 #35BD6E #3540BD #BD3584

split-complementary

#BDB235 #3584BD #6E35BD

monochromatic

#5D581A #8D8528 #BDB235 #D2C85D #DFD88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BDB235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB235

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB235	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)

#C2AC1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.141 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c875',
    500: '#bdb235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb235;
$custom-light: #d4c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75079,
    "c": 0.14074,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB235

secondary

#848ACA

accent

#55DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB235

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

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