#BDB733#BDB733

#BDB733 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 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB733
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -12.93, 63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 64.93, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0423 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.147 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5188, 44.9262, 9.7739)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB733 #3339BD

analogous

#BD7233 #BDB733 #7EBD33

triadic

#BDB733 #33BDB7 #B733BD

tetradic

#BDB733 #33BD72 #3339BD #BD337E

square

#BDB733 #33BD72 #3339BD #BD337E

split-complementary

#BDB733 #337EBD #7233BD

monochromatic

#5D5A19 #8D8826 #BDB733 #D3CD5B #E0DC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BDB733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB733

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB733	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B01A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.147 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cc74',
    500: '#bdb733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb733;
$custom-light: #d5cc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76145,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB733

secondary

#8285CA

accent

#4EE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB733

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

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