#BDB934#BDB934

#BDB934 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	#BDB934
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 52)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -13.91, 63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 65.30, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0449 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.148 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9566, 45.7660, 10.0298)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB934 #3438BD

analogous

#BD7434 #BDB934 #7DBD34

triadic

#BDB934 #34BDB9 #B934BD

tetradic

#BDB934 #34BD74 #3438BD #BD347D

square

#BDB934 #34BD74 #3438BD #BD347D

split-complementary

#BDB934 #347DBD #7434BD

monochromatic

#5D5B1A #8D8A27 #BDB934 #D2CF5C #DFDD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BDB934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB934

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB934	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)

#C9B21B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.148 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd75',
    500: '#bdb934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb934;
$custom-light: #d4cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.248,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76586,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB934

secondary

#8385CA

accent

#4CE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB934

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

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