#BDB239#BDB239

#BDB239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.138 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB239
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -10.07, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 60.97, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0336 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.138 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6467, 42.9565, 10.1785)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB239 #3944BD

analogous

#BD7039 #BDB239 #86BD39

triadic

#BDB239 #39BDB2 #B239BD

tetradic

#BDB239 #39BD70 #3944BD #BD3986

square

#BDB239 #39BD70 #3944BD #BD3986

split-complementary

#BDB239 #3986BD #7039BD

monochromatic

#5F591D #8E862B #BDB239 #D0C763 #DED892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDB239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BDB239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB239

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB239	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)

#C2AC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.138 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c877',
    500: '#bdb239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb239;
$custom-light: #d4c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75108,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB239

secondary

#898EC9

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB239

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

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