#BDB737#BDB737

#BDB737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.144 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB737
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -12.74, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 63.51, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0413 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.144 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6108, 44.9630, 10.2586)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB737 #373DBD

analogous

#BD7437 #BDB737 #80BD37

triadic

#BDB737 #37BDB7 #B737BD

tetradic

#BDB737 #37BD74 #373DBD #BD3780

square

#BDB737 #37BD74 #373DBD #BD3780

split-complementary

#BDB737 #3780BD #7437BD

monochromatic

#5E5B1B #8E8929 #BDB737 #D1CC60 #DFDB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BDB737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB737

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB737	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)

#C7B021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.144 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc76',
    500: '#bdb737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb737;
$custom-light: #d4cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76172,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB737

secondary

#8689C9

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB737

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

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