#BDBA36#BDBA36

#BDBA36 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	#BDBA36
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -14.32, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 64.96, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0459 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.148 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2125, 46.2042, 10.3421)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA36 #3639BD

analogous

#BD7736 #BDBA36 #7CBD36

triadic

#BDBA36 #36BDBA #BA36BD

tetradic

#BDBA36 #36BD77 #3639BD #BD367C

square

#BDBA36 #36BD77 #3639BD #BD367C

split-complementary

#BDBA36 #367CBD #7736BD

monochromatic

#5E5C1B #8D8B28 #BDBA36 #D1CF5F #DFDD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BDBA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA36

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA36	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)

#C9B31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.148 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce76',
    500: '#bdba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba36;
$custom-light: #d4ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76817,
    "c": 0.14761,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA36

secondary

#8587C9

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA36

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

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