#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
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -13.86, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 64.95, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0447 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.147 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9793, 45.7751, 10.1497)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##BDB935	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)

#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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