#BDBA33#BDBA33

#BDBA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.149 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA33
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -14.46, 64.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 66.01, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0466 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.149 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1442, 46.1769, 9.9824)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA33 #3336BD

analogous

#BD7533 #BDBA33 #7BBD33

triadic

#BDBA33 #33BDBA #BA33BD

tetradic

#BDBA33 #33BD75 #3336BD #BD337B

square

#BDBA33 #33BD75 #3336BD #BD337B

split-complementary

#BDBA33 #337BBD #7533BD

monochromatic

#5D5B19 #8D8B26 #BDBA33 #D3D05B #E0DE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BDBA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA33

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA33	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.149 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce75',
    500: '#bdba33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba33;
$custom-light: #d5ce75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76797,
    "c": 0.1494,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA33

secondary

#8284CA

accent

#4AE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA33

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

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