#BDB637#BDB637

#BDB637 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.143 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB637
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -12.23, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 63.14, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0399 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.143 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4053, 44.5519, 10.1901)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB637 #373EBD

analogous

#BD7337 #BDB637 #81BD37

triadic

#BDB637 #37BDB6 #B637BD

tetradic

#BDB637 #37BD73 #373EBD #BD3781

square

#BDB637 #37BD73 #373EBD #BD3781

split-complementary

#BDB637 #3781BD #7337BD

monochromatic

#5E5B1B #8E8829 #BDB637 #D1CB60 #DFDB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDB637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BDB637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB637

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB637	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)

#C6AF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.143 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb76',
    500: '#bdb637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb637;
$custom-light: #d4cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75956,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB637

secondary

#868AC9

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB637

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

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