#BDB439#BDB439

#BDB439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.140 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB439
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -11.10, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 61.68, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0365 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.14 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0476, 43.7582, 10.3121)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB439 #3942BD

analogous

#BD7239 #BDB439 #84BD39

triadic

#BDB439 #39BDB4 #B439BD

tetradic

#BDB439 #39BD72 #3942BD #BD3984

square

#BDB439 #39BD72 #3942BD #BD3984

split-complementary

#BDB439 #3984BD #7239BD

monochromatic

#5F5A1D #8E872B #BDB439 #D0C963 #DED992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDB439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BDB439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB439

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB439	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)

#C4AE26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.140 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca77',
    500: '#bdb439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb439;
$custom-light: #d4ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75538,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB439

secondary

#898DC9

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB439

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

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