#BDB831#BDB831

#BDB831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.149 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB831
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -13.53, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 65.97, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0441 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.149 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6827, 45.3229, 9.6157)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB831 #3136BD

analogous

#BD7231 #BDB831 #7CBD31

triadic

#BDB831 #31BDB8 #B831BD

tetradic

#BDB831 #31BD72 #3136BD #BD317C

square

#BDB831 #31BD72 #3136BD #BD317C

split-complementary

#BDB831 #317CBD #7231BD

monochromatic

#5C5918 #8C8924 #BDB831 #D4CF58 #E0DD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BDB831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB831

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB831	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.149 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd73',
    500: '#bdb831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb831;
$custom-light: #d5cd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7635,
    "c": 0.14864,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB831

secondary

#8082CA

accent

#4BE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB831

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

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