#BDBA39#BDBA39

#BDBA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.146 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBA39
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -14.17, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 63.88, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0452 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.146 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2851, 46.2333, 10.7246)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBA39 #393CBD

analogous

#BD7839 #BDBA39 #7EBD39

triadic

#BDBA39 #39BDBA #BA39BD

tetradic

#BDBA39 #39BD78 #393CBD #BD397E

square

#BDBA39 #39BD78 #393CBD #BD397E

split-complementary

#BDBA39 #397EBD #7839BD

monochromatic

#5F5D1D #8E8C2B #BDBA39 #D0CE63 #DEDC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDBA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BDBA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBA39

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBA39	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdba39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.146 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce78',
    500: '#bdba39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdba39;
$custom-light: #d4ce78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdba39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76838,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBA39

secondary

#898AC9

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBA39

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

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