#BDBB21#BDBB21

#BDBB21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.159 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB21
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -15.63, 69.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 71.66, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0513 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.159 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0327, 46.4706, 8.3522)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB21 #2123BD

analogous

#BD6D21 #BDBB21 #71BD21

triadic

#BDBB21 #21BDBB #BB21BD

tetradic

#BDBB21 #21BD6D #2123BD #BD2171

square

#BDBB21 #21BD6D #2123BD #BD2171

split-complementary

#BDBB21 #2171BD #6D21BD

monochromatic

#55540F #898718 #BDBB21 #DDDB3E #E6E572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBB21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BDBB21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB21

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB21	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.159 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf6d',
    500: '#bdbb21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb21;
$custom-light: #d5cf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76922,
    "c": 0.15901,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB21

secondary

#6D6ECD

accent

#3DED3B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB21

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

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