#BDBA31#BDBA31

#BDBA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.151 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA31
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -14.55, 65.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 66.68, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.047 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.151 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1011, 46.1597, 9.7552)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA31 #3134BD

analogous

#BD7431 #BDBA31 #7ABD31

triadic

#BDBA31 #31BDBA #BA31BD

tetradic

#BDBA31 #31BD74 #3134BD #BD317A

square

#BDBA31 #31BD74 #3134BD #BD317A

split-complementary

#BDBA31 #317ABD #7431BD

monochromatic

#5C5A18 #8C8A24 #BDBA31 #D4D158 #E0DE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BDBA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA31

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA31	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB213

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.151 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce74',
    500: '#bdba31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba31;
$custom-light: #d5ce74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76784,
    "c": 0.15054,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA31

secondary

#8081CA

accent

#49E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA31

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

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