#BDBB27#BDBB27

#BDBB27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.157 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB27
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -15.45, 68.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 70.09, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0503 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.157 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1244, 46.5072, 8.8349)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB27 #2729BD

analogous

#BD7027 #BDBB27 #74BD27

triadic

#BDBB27 #27BDBB #BB27BD

tetradic

#BDBB27 #27BD70 #2729BD #BD2774

square

#BDBB27 #27BD70 #2729BD #BD2774

split-complementary

#BDBB27 #2774BD #7027BD

monochromatic

#585712 #8A891D #BDBB27 #D9D748 #E4E27B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBB27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BDBB27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB27

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB27	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)

#CDB835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.157 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf6f',
    500: '#bdbb27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb27;
$custom-light: #d5cf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76948,
    "c": 0.15653,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB27

secondary

#7475CC

accent

#41E93F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB27

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

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