#BDB631#BDB631

#BDB631 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.147 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB631
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -12.51, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 65.26, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0413 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.147 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2702, 44.4979, 9.4782)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB631 #3138BD

analogous

#BD7031 #BDB631 #7EBD31

triadic

#BDB631 #31BDB6 #B631BD

tetradic

#BDB631 #31BD70 #3138BD #BD317E

square

#BDB631 #31BD70 #3138BD #BD317E

split-complementary

#BDB631 #317EBD #7031BD

monochromatic

#5C5818 #8C8724 #BDB631 #D4CD58 #E0DC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB631 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BDB631 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB631

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB631	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB631	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb631;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.147 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cb73',
    500: '#bdb631',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb631;
$custom-light: #d5cb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb631",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75916,
    "c": 0.14677,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB631

secondary

#8084CA

accent

#4EE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB631

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

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