#BDBA26#BDBA26

#BDBA26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.156 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA26
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 38)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 79.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -14.97, 68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 70.02, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0491 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.156 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8966, 46.0779, 8.6784)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA26 #2629BD

analogous

#BD6F26 #BDBA26 #75BD26

triadic

#BDBA26 #26BDBA #BA26BD

tetradic

#BDBA26 #26BD6F #2629BD #BD2675

square

#BDBA26 #26BD6F #2629BD #BD2675

split-complementary

#BDBA26 #2675BD #6F26BD

monochromatic

#575612 #8A881C #BDBA26 #DAD746 #E4E279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDBA26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BDBA26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA26

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA26	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.156 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce6f',
    500: '#bdba26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba26;
$custom-light: #d5ce6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.808,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76725,
    "c": 0.15603,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA26

secondary

#7375CC

accent

#42E93E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA26

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

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