#BDB832#BDB832

#BDB832 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.148 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB832
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 50)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -13.49, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 65.63, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0439 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.148 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7040, 45.3314, 9.7281)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB832 #3237BD

analogous

#BD7332 #BDB832 #7DBD32

triadic

#BDB832 #32BDB8 #B832BD

tetradic

#BDB832 #32BD73 #3237BD #BD327D

square

#BDB832 #32BD73 #3237BD #BD327D

split-complementary

#BDB832 #327DBD #7332BD

monochromatic

#5C5A18 #8D8925 #BDB832 #D3CF59 #E0DD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BDB832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB832

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB832	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.148 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd74',
    500: '#bdb832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb832;
$custom-light: #d5cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.842,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76356,
    "c": 0.14808,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB832

secondary

#8184CA

accent

#4CE146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB832

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

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