#BDB931#BDB931

#BDB931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.150 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB931
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -14.04, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 66.32, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0456 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.15 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8911, 45.7398, 9.6852)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB931 #3135BD

analogous

#BD7331 #BDB931 #7BBD31

triadic

#BDB931 #31BDB9 #B931BD

tetradic

#BDB931 #31BD73 #3135BD #BD317B

square

#BDB931 #31BD73 #3135BD #BD317B

split-complementary

#BDB931 #317BBD #7331BD

monochromatic

#5C5A18 #8C8924 #BDB931 #D4D058 #E0DE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BDB931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB931

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB931	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.150 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd73',
    500: '#bdb931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb931;
$custom-light: #d5cd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76567,
    "c": 0.14959,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB931

secondary

#8082CA

accent

#4AE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB931

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

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