#BDB339#BDB339

#BDB339 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.139 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB339
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -10.59, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 61.33, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0351 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.139 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8464, 43.3559, 10.2451)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB339 #3943BD

analogous

#BD7139 #BDB339 #85BD39

triadic

#BDB339 #39BDB3 #B339BD

tetradic

#BDB339 #39BD71 #3943BD #BD3985

square

#BDB339 #39BD71 #3943BD #BD3985

split-complementary

#BDB339 #3985BD #7139BD

monochromatic

#5F5A1D #8E862B #BDB339 #D0C863 #DED892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDB339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BDB339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB339

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB339	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)

#C3AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.139 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c977',
    500: '#bdb339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb339;
$custom-light: #d4c977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75323,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB339

secondary

#898DC9

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB339

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

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