#BDB735#BDB735

#BDB735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.145 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB735
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -12.84, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 64.23, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0418 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.145 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5639, 44.9442, 10.0112)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB735 #353BBD

analogous

#BD7335 #BDB735 #7FBD35

triadic

#BDB735 #35BDB7 #B735BD

tetradic

#BDB735 #35BD73 #353BBD #BD357F

square

#BDB735 #35BD73 #353BBD #BD357F

split-complementary

#BDB735 #357FBD #7335BD

monochromatic

#5D5A1A #8D8928 #BDB735 #D2CD5D #DFDC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BDB735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB735

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB735	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)

#C7B01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.145 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc75',
    500: '#bdb735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb735;
$custom-light: #d4cc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76159,
    "c": 0.14535,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB735

secondary

#8487CA

accent

#4FDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB735

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

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