#BDBA32#BDBA32

#BDBA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.150 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA32
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 50)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -14.51, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 66.35, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0468 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.15 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1224, 46.1682, 9.8675)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA32 #3235BD

analogous

#BD7532 #BDBA32 #7BBD32

triadic

#BDBA32 #32BDBA #BA32BD

tetradic

#BDBA32 #32BD75 #3235BD #BD327B

square

#BDBA32 #32BD75 #3235BD #BD327B

split-complementary

#BDBA32 #327BBD #7532BD

monochromatic

#5C5B18 #8D8A25 #BDBA32 #D3D059 #E0DE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BDBA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA32

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA32	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)

#CAB216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.150 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce74',
    500: '#bdba32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba32;
$custom-light: #d5ce74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76791,
    "c": 0.14998,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA32

secondary

#8182CA

accent

#4AE146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA32

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

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