#BDBB24#BDBB24

#BDBB24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.158 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB24
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -15.54, 69.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 70.90, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0508 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.158 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0766, 46.4881, 8.5834)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB24 #2426BD

analogous

#BD6F24 #BDBB24 #73BD24

triadic

#BDBB24 #24BDBB #BB24BD

tetradic

#BDBB24 #24BD6F #2426BD #BD2473

square

#BDBB24 #24BD6F #2426BD #BD2473

split-complementary

#BDBB24 #2473BD #6F24BD

monochromatic

#565510 #8A881A #BDBB24 #DBD943 #E5E476

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBB24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BDBB24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB24

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB24	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)

#CDB832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.158 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf6e',
    500: '#bdbb24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb24;
$custom-light: #d5cf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.216,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76934,
    "c": 0.15782,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB24

secondary

#7072CC

accent

#3FEB3D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB24

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

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