#BDB236#BDB236

#BDB236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.140 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB236
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -10.22, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 62.10, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0343 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.14 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5741, 42.9274, 9.7959)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB236 #3641BD

analogous

#BD6E36 #BDB236 #85BD36

triadic

#BDB236 #36BDB2 #B236BD

tetradic

#BDB236 #36BD6E #3641BD #BD3685

square

#BDB236 #36BD6E #3641BD #BD3685

split-complementary

#BDB236 #3685BD #6E36BD

monochromatic

#5E581B #8D8528 #BDB236 #D1C85F #DFD88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BDB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB236

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB236	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.140 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c875',
    500: '#bdb236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb236;
$custom-light: #d4c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75086,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB236

secondary

#858BC9

accent

#55DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB236

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

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