#BDB837#BDB837
#BDB837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.145 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BDB837 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(189, 184, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 55%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 71%, 74%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 70.9%, 25.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.14, -13.26, 62.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.14, 63.87, 101.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.39% -0.0428 0.1386) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.39% 0.145 107.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.8178, 45.3770, 10.3276) |
| Luminance | 0.4538 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 3.27
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 3.29
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.02
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.86
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.92
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 5.06
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BDB837 #373CBD
analogous
#BD7537 #BDB837 #7FBD37
triadic
#BDB837 #37BDB8 #B837BD
tetradic
#BDB837 #37BD75 #373CBD #BD377F
square
#BDB837 #37BD75 #373CBD #BD377F
split-complementary
#BDB837 #377FBD #7537BD
monochromatic
#5E5C1B #8E8A29 #BDB837 #D1CD60 #DFDC90
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.08
#BDB837 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.08
#BDB837 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BDB837
10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BDB837 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BDB837 | 1.00 | 2.08 | 10.08 | 10.08 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.08 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7B121
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB640
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CBAC9F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bdb837; /* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.145 107.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d4cd76',
500: '#bdb837',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bdb837; $custom-light: #d4cd76; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bdb837",
"rgb": {
"r": 189,
"g": 184,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.761,
"s": 54.918,
"l": 47.843
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76389,
"c": 0.14506,
"h": 107.2
},
"luminance": 0.45376
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BDB837
secondary
#8689C9
accent
#4FDE4A
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8ED
border
#D4D1C8
text
#151309
muted
#83827B