#BDB237#BDB237

#BDB237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.139 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB237
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -10.17, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 61.73, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0341 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.139 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5978, 42.9369, 9.9209)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB237 #3742BD

analogous

#BD6F37 #BDB237 #85BD37

triadic

#BDB237 #37BDB2 #B237BD

tetradic

#BDB237 #37BD6F #3742BD #BD3785

square

#BDB237 #37BD6F #3742BD #BD3785

split-complementary

#BDB237 #3785BD #6F37BD

monochromatic

#5E591B #8E8529 #BDB237 #D1C860 #DFD890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BDB237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB237

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB237	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)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.139 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c876',
    500: '#bdb237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb237;
$custom-light: #d4c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.075,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75093,
    "c": 0.13947,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB237

secondary

#868CC9

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB237

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

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