#BDB937#BDB937

#BDB937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.146 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BDB937
RGBrgb(189, 185, 55)
HSLhsl(58, 55%, 48%)
HSVhsv(58, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.1%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(73.41, -13.77, 62.74)
CIE-LCHlch(73.41, 64.24, 102.37°)
OKLaboklab(76.61% -0.0442 0.1392)
OKLCHoklch(76.61% 0.146 107.6)
XYZxyz(39.0263, 45.7939, 10.3970)
Luminance0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BDB937 #373BBD
analogous
#BD7637 #BDB937 #7EBD37
triadic
#BDB937 #37BDB9 #B937BD
tetradic
#BDB937 #37BD76 #373BBD #BD377E
square
#BDB937 #37BD76 #373BBD #BD377E
split-complementary
#BDB937 #377EBD #7637BD
monochromatic
#5E5C1B #8E8B29 #BDB937 #D1CD60 #DFDC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#BDB937 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16
#BDB937 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB937
10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BDB937#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BDB9371.002.0710.1610.16
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1621.001.001.00
##00000010.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8B221
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB640
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CBADA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bdb937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.146 107.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd76',
    500: '#bdb937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bdb937;
$custom-light: #d4cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bdb937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76606,
    "c": 0.14603,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BDB937
secondary
#8688C9
accent
#4EDE4A
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9EE
border
#D4D2C9
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB937

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#BDB937 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva