#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
RGBrgb(189, 183, 51)
HSLhsl(57, 58%, 47%)
HSVhsv(57, 73%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.2%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(72.84, -12.93, 63.63)
CIE-LCHlch(72.84, 64.93, 101.49°)
OKLaboklab(76.15% -0.0423 0.1403)
OKLCHoklch(76.15% 0.147 106.8)
XYZxyz(38.5188, 44.9262, 9.7739)
Luminance0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BDB7331.002.109.999.99
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9921.001.001.00
##0000009.9921.001.001.00

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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#BDB733 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva