#BDB336#BDB336

#BDB336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.141 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB336
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -10.74, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 62.45, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0358 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.141 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7738, 43.3268, 9.8625)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB336 #3640BD

analogous

#BD7036 #BDB336 #83BD36

triadic

#BDB336 #36BDB3 #B336BD

tetradic

#BDB336 #36BD70 #3640BD #BD3683

square

#BDB336 #36BD70 #3640BD #BD3683

split-complementary

#BDB336 #3683BD #7036BD

monochromatic

#5E591B #8D8628 #BDB336 #D1C95F #DFD98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BDB336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB336

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB336	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)

#C3AD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.141 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c975',
    500: '#bdb336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb336;
$custom-light: #d4c975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75301,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB336

secondary

#858AC9

accent

#54DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB336

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

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