#BDB732#BDB732

#BDB732 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.147 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB732
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 50)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -12.98, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 65.27, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0425 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.147 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4970, 44.9174, 9.6591)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB732 #3238BD

analogous

#BD7232 #BDB732 #7EBD32

triadic

#BDB732 #32BDB7 #B732BD

tetradic

#BDB732 #32BD72 #3238BD #BD327E

square

#BDB732 #32BD72 #3238BD #BD327E

split-complementary

#BDB732 #327EBD #7232BD

monochromatic

#5C5918 #8D8825 #BDB732 #D3CE59 #E0DC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB732 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BDB732 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB732

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB732	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB732	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb732;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.147 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cc74',
    500: '#bdb732',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb732;
$custom-light: #d5cc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb732",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76139,
    "c": 0.14713,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB732

secondary

#8184CA

accent

#4DE146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB732

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

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