#BDB636#BDB636

#BDB636 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	#BDB636
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -12.28, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 63.51, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0401 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.144 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3816, 44.5424, 10.0651)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB636 #363DBD

analogous

#BD7336 #BDB636 #80BD36

triadic

#BDB636 #36BDB6 #B636BD

tetradic

#BDB636 #36BD73 #363DBD #BD3680

square

#BDB636 #36BD73 #363DBD #BD3680

split-complementary

#BDB636 #3680BD #7336BD

monochromatic

#5E5A1B #8D8828 #BDB636 #D1CB5F #DFDB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BDB636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB636

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB636	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)

#C6AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.144 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb76',
    500: '#bdb636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb636;
$custom-light: #d4cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75949,
    "c": 0.14379,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB636

secondary

#8589C9

accent

#51DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB636

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

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