#BDB539#BDB539

#BDB539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.141 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB539
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -11.62, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 62.04, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.038 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.141 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2502, 44.1634, 10.3796)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB539 #3941BD

analogous

#BD7339 #BDB539 #83BD39

triadic

#BDB539 #39BDB5 #B539BD

tetradic

#BDB539 #39BD73 #3941BD #BD3983

square

#BDB539 #39BD73 #3941BD #BD3983

split-complementary

#BDB539 #3983BD #7339BD

monochromatic

#5F5B1D #8E882B #BDB539 #D0C963 #DEDA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BDB539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB539

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB539	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)

#C5AE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.141 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca77',
    500: '#bdb539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb539;
$custom-light: #d4ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75754,
    "c": 0.14093,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB539

secondary

#898CC9

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB539

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

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