#BDB434#BDB434

#BDB434 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.143 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB434
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 52)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -11.35, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 63.52, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0377 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.143 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9289, 43.7107, 9.6872)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB434 #343DBD

analogous

#BD6F34 #BDB434 #82BD34

triadic

#BDB434 #34BDB4 #B434BD

tetradic

#BDB434 #34BD6F #343DBD #BD3482

square

#BDB434 #34BD6F #343DBD #BD3482

split-complementary

#BDB434 #3482BD #6F34BD

monochromatic

#5D591A #8D8627 #BDB434 #D2CA5C #DFDA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BDB434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB434

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB434	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.143 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca74',
    500: '#bdb434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb434;
$custom-light: #d5ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75503,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB434

secondary

#8388CA

accent

#52E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB434

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

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