#BDBB22#BDBB22

#BDBB22 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 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB22
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -15.61, 69.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 71.41, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0511 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.159 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0469, 46.4763, 8.4270)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB22 #2224BD

analogous

#BD6D22 #BDBB22 #71BD22

triadic

#BDBB22 #22BDBB #BB22BD

tetradic

#BDBB22 #22BD6D #2224BD #BD2271

square

#BDBB22 #22BD6D #2224BD #BD2271

split-complementary

#BDBB22 #2271BD #6D22BD

monochromatic

#55540F #898819 #BDBB22 #DDDB40 #E6E473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBB22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BDBB22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB22

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB22	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.159 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf6d',
    500: '#bdbb22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb22;
$custom-light: #d5cf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.226,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76926,
    "c": 0.15863,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB22

secondary

#6E6FCD

accent

#3EEC3B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB22

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

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