#BDBA35#BDBA35

#BDBA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.148 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA35
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -14.37, 63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 65.32, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0461 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.148 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1892, 46.1949, 10.2196)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA35 #3538BD

analogous

#BD7635 #BDBA35 #7CBD35

triadic

#BDBA35 #35BDBA #BA35BD

tetradic

#BDBA35 #35BD76 #3538BD #BD357C

square

#BDBA35 #35BD76 #3538BD #BD357C

split-complementary

#BDBA35 #357CBD #7635BD

monochromatic

#5D5C1A #8D8B28 #BDBA35 #D2CF5D #DFDD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BDBA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA35

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA35	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)

#C9B21C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.148 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce76',
    500: '#bdba35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba35;
$custom-light: #d4ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7681,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA35

secondary

#8486CA

accent

#4CDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA35

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

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