#BDB536#BDB536

#BDB536 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 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB536
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -11.77, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 63.15, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0387 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.143 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1775, 44.1343, 9.9971)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB536 #363EBD

analogous

#BD7136 #BDB536 #82BD36

triadic

#BDB536 #36BDB5 #B536BD

tetradic

#BDB536 #36BD71 #363EBD #BD3682

square

#BDB536 #36BD71 #363EBD #BD3682

split-complementary

#BDB536 #3682BD #7136BD

monochromatic

#5E5A1B #8D8728 #BDB536 #D1CA5F #DFDA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BDB536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB536

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB536	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.143 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca76',
    500: '#bdb536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb536;
$custom-light: #d4ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75733,
    "c": 0.14285,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB536

secondary

#8589C9

accent

#52DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB536

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

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