#BDB335#BDB335

#BDB335 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.142 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB335
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -10.78, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 62.81, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.036 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.142 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7505, 43.3175, 9.7401)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB335 #353FBD

analogous

#BD6F35 #BDB335 #83BD35

triadic

#BDB335 #35BDB3 #B335BD

tetradic

#BDB335 #35BD6F #353FBD #BD3583

square

#BDB335 #35BD6F #353FBD #BD3583

split-complementary

#BDB335 #3583BD #6F35BD

monochromatic

#5D581A #8D8628 #BDB335 #D2C95D #DFD98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BDB335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB335

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB335	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)

#C3AD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.142 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c975',
    500: '#bdb335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb335;
$custom-light: #d4c975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75294,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB335

secondary

#8489CA

accent

#53DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB335

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

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