#BDB935#BDB935

#BDB935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.147 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BDB935
RGBrgb(189, 185, 53)
HSLhsl(58, 56%, 47%)
HSVhsv(58, 72%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.1%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(73.40, -13.86, 63.45)
CIE-LCHlch(73.40, 64.95, 102.32°)
OKLaboklab(76.59% -0.0447 0.1403)
OKLCHoklch(76.59% 0.147 107.7)
XYZxyz(38.9793, 45.7751, 10.1497)
Luminance0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BDB935 #3539BD
analogous
#BD7535 #BDB935 #7DBD35
triadic
#BDB935 #35BDB9 #B935BD
tetradic
#BDB935 #35BD75 #3539BD #BD357D
square
#BDB935 #35BD75 #3539BD #BD357D
split-complementary
#BDB935 #357DBD #7535BD
monochromatic
#5D5B1A #8D8A28 #BDB935 #D2CE5D #DFDD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#BDB935 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15
#BDB935 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB935
10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BDB935#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BDB9351.002.0710.1510.15
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1521.001.001.00
##00000010.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9B21D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB63F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CBAD9F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bdb935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.147 107.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd75',
    500: '#bdb935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bdb935;
$custom-light: #d4cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bdb935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76592,
    "c": 0.14726,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BDB935
secondary
#8486CA
accent
#4DDF48
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9ED
border
#D4D2C8
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB935

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

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#BDB935 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva