#BDB337#BDB337

#BDB337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.140 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB337
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -10.69, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 62.08, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0356 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.14 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7975, 43.3363, 9.9874)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB337 #3741BD

analogous

#BD7037 #BDB337 #84BD37

triadic

#BDB337 #37BDB3 #B337BD

tetradic

#BDB337 #37BD70 #3741BD #BD3784

square

#BDB337 #37BD70 #3741BD #BD3784

split-complementary

#BDB337 #3784BD #7037BD

monochromatic

#5E591B #8E8629 #BDB337 #D1C860 #DFD990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BDB337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB337

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB337	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.140 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c976',
    500: '#bdb337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb337;
$custom-light: #d4c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75308,
    "c": 0.14038,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB337

secondary

#868BC9

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB337

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

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