#BDBA37#BDBA37

#BDBA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.147 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA37
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -14.27, 63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 64.61, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0457 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.147 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2362, 46.2137, 10.4670)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA37 #373ABD

analogous

#BD7737 #BDBA37 #7DBD37

triadic

#BDBA37 #37BDBA #BA37BD

tetradic

#BDBA37 #37BD77 #373ABD #BD377D

square

#BDBA37 #37BD77 #373ABD #BD377D

split-complementary

#BDBA37 #377DBD #7737BD

monochromatic

#5E5D1B #8E8B29 #BDBA37 #D1CE60 #DFDD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BDBA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA37

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA37	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)

#C9B320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.147 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce77',
    500: '#bdba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba37;
$custom-light: #d4ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.657,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76823,
    "c": 0.147,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA37

secondary

#8688C9

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA37

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

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