#BDBA27#BDBA27

#BDBA27 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	#BDBA27
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -14.94, 68.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 69.75, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0489 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.156 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9129, 46.0844, 8.7645)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA27 #272ABD

analogous

#BD6F27 #BDBA27 #75BD27

triadic

#BDBA27 #27BDBA #BA27BD

tetradic

#BDBA27 #27BD6F #272ABD #BD2775

square

#BDBA27 #27BD6F #272ABD #BD2775

split-complementary

#BDBA27 #2775BD #6F27BD

monochromatic

#585612 #8A881D #BDBA27 #D9D648 #E4E27B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDBA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BDBA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA27

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA27	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: #bdba27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.156 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce6f',
    500: '#bdba27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba27;
$custom-light: #d5ce6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7673,
    "c": 0.15559,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA27

secondary

#7476CC

accent

#42E93F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA27

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

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