#BDB739#BDB739

#BDB739 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.143 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB739
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -12.64, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 62.77, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0409 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.143 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6598, 44.9825, 10.5162)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB739 #393FBD

analogous

#BD7539 #BDB739 #81BD39

triadic

#BDB739 #39BDB7 #B739BD

tetradic

#BDB739 #39BD75 #393FBD #BD3981

square

#BDB739 #39BD75 #393FBD #BD3981

split-complementary

#BDB739 #3981BD #7539BD

monochromatic

#5F5C1D #8E892B #BDB739 #D0CB63 #DEDB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDB739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BDB739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB739

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB739	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.143 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc77',
    500: '#bdb739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb739;
$custom-light: #d4cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76187,
    "c": 0.14282,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB739

secondary

#898BC9

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB739

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

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