#BDB635#BDB635

#BDB635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.144 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB635
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -12.33, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 63.87, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0404 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.144 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3583, 44.5331, 9.9427)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB635 #353CBD

analogous

#BD7235 #BDB635 #80BD35

triadic

#BDB635 #35BDB6 #B635BD

tetradic

#BDB635 #35BD72 #353CBD #BD3580

square

#BDB635 #35BD72 #353CBD #BD3580

split-complementary

#BDB635 #3580BD #7235BD

monochromatic

#5D5A1A #8D8828 #BDB635 #D2CC5D #DFDB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BDB635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB635

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB635	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.144 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb75',
    500: '#bdb635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb635;
$custom-light: #d4cb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75942,
    "c": 0.14441,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB635

secondary

#8488CA

accent

#50DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB635

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

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