#BDB333#BDB333

#BDB333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.143 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB333
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -10.88, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 63.53, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0365 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.143 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7055, 43.2995, 9.5028)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB333 #333DBD

analogous

#BD6E33 #BDB333 #82BD33

triadic

#BDB333 #33BDB3 #B333BD

tetradic

#BDB333 #33BD6E #333DBD #BD3382

square

#BDB333 #33BD6E #333DBD #BD3382

split-complementary

#BDB333 #3382BD #6E33BD

monochromatic

#5D5819 #8D8526 #BDB333 #D3CA5B #E0D98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BDB333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB333

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB333	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.143 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c974',
    500: '#bdb333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb333;
$custom-light: #d5c974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75281,
    "c": 0.14287,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB333

secondary

#8287CA

accent

#52E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB333

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

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