#BDB435#BDB435

#BDB435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.143 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB435
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -11.30, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 63.16, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0375 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.143 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9517, 43.7198, 9.8071)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB435 #353EBD

analogous

#BD7035 #BDB435 #82BD35

triadic

#BDB435 #35BDB4 #B435BD

tetradic

#BDB435 #35BD70 #353EBD #BD3582

square

#BDB435 #35BD70 #353EBD #BD3582

split-complementary

#BDB435 #3582BD #7035BD

monochromatic

#5D591A #8D8628 #BDB435 #D2CA5D #DFDA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDB435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BDB435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB435

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB435	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)

#C4AE1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.143 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca75',
    500: '#bdb435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb435;
$custom-light: #d4ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7551,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB435

secondary

#8489CA

accent

#52DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB435

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

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