#BDB833#BDB833

#BDB833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.147 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB833
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -13.44, 63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 65.29, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0437 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.148 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7258, 45.3401, 9.8429)
Luminance	0.4534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB833 #3338BD

analogous

#BD7333 #BDB833 #7DBD33

triadic

#BDB833 #33BDB8 #B833BD

tetradic

#BDB833 #33BD73 #3338BD #BD337D

square

#BDB833 #33BD73 #3338BD #BD337D

split-complementary

#BDB833 #337DBD #7333BD

monochromatic

#5D5A19 #8D8926 #BDB833 #D3CE5B #E0DD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BDB833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB833

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB833	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)

#C8B119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.147 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd74',
    500: '#bdb833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb833;
$custom-light: #d5cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.826,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76362,
    "c": 0.1475,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB833

secondary

#8285CA

accent

#4DE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB833

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

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