#BDBA23#BDBA23

#BDBA23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.157 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA23
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -15.07, 69.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 70.82, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0496 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.157 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8501, 46.0593, 8.4337)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA23 #2326BD

analogous

#BD6D23 #BDBA23 #73BD23

triadic

#BDBA23 #23BDBA #BA23BD

tetradic

#BDBA23 #23BD6D #2326BD #BD2373

square

#BDBA23 #23BD6D #2326BD #BD2373

split-complementary

#BDBA23 #2373BD #6D23BD

monochromatic

#565410 #898719 #BDBA23 #DCD941 #E5E375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDBA23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BDBA23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA23

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA23	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.157 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce6e',
    500: '#bdba23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba23;
$custom-light: #d5ce6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.831,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76712,
    "c": 0.1573,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA23

secondary

#6F71CD

accent

#40EC3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA23

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

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