#BDB835#BDB835

#BDB835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.146 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB835
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -13.35, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 64.59, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.0433 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.146 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7709, 45.3582, 10.0802)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB835 #353ABD

analogous

#BD7435 #BDB835 #7EBD35

triadic

#BDB835 #35BDB8 #B835BD

tetradic

#BDB835 #35BD74 #353ABD #BD357E

square

#BDB835 #35BD74 #353ABD #BD357E

split-complementary

#BDB835 #357EBD #7435BD

monochromatic

#5D5B1A #8D8928 #BDB835 #D2CD5D #DFDC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BDB835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB835

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB835	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)

#C8B11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.146 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd75',
    500: '#bdb835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb835;
$custom-light: #d4cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76375,
    "c": 0.1463,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB835

secondary

#8487CA

accent

#4EDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB835

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

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