#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
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -13.77, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 64.24, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0442 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.146 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0263, 45.7939, 10.3970)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##BDB937	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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