#BDB535#BDB535

#BDB535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.143 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB535
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -11.81, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 63.51, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0389 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.143 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1543, 44.1250, 9.8747)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB535 #353DBD

analogous

#BD7135 #BDB535 #81BD35

triadic

#BDB535 #35BDB5 #B535BD

tetradic

#BDB535 #35BD71 #353DBD #BD3581

square

#BDB535 #35BD71 #353DBD #BD3581

split-complementary

#BDB535 #3581BD #7135BD

monochromatic

#5D591A #8D8728 #BDB535 #D2CB5D #DFDA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BDB535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB535

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB535	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.143 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca75',
    500: '#bdb535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb535;
$custom-light: #d4ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75726,
    "c": 0.14348,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB535

secondary

#8488CA

accent

#51DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB535

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

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