#BDB436#BDB436

#BDB436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.142 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB436
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -11.25, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 62.80, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0373 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.142 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9749, 43.7291, 9.9295)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB436 #363FBD

analogous

#BD7036 #BDB436 #82BD36

triadic

#BDB436 #36BDB4 #B436BD

tetradic

#BDB436 #36BD70 #363FBD #BD3682

square

#BDB436 #36BD70 #363FBD #BD3682

split-complementary

#BDB436 #3682BD #7036BD

monochromatic

#5E591B #8D8728 #BDB436 #D1CA5F #DFDA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BDB436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB436

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB436	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.142 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca75',
    500: '#bdb436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb436;
$custom-light: #d4ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75517,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB436

secondary

#858AC9

accent

#53DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB436

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

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