#BDB933#BDB933

#BDB933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.148 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB933
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -13.95, 64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 65.65, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0451 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.148 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9343, 45.7571, 9.9124)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB933 #3337BD

analogous

#BD7433 #BDB933 #7CBD33

triadic

#BDB933 #33BDB9 #B933BD

tetradic

#BDB933 #33BD74 #3337BD #BD337C

square

#BDB933 #33BD74 #3337BD #BD337C

split-complementary

#BDB933 #337CBD #7433BD

monochromatic

#5D5B19 #8D8A26 #BDB933 #D3CF5B #E0DD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BDB933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB933

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB933	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)

#C9B219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.148 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd74',
    500: '#bdb933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb933;
$custom-light: #d5cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76579,
    "c": 0.14844,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB933

secondary

#8284CA

accent

#4CE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB933

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

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