#BDBB28#BDBB28

#BDBB28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.156 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB28
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -15.41, 68.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 69.81, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0501 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.156 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1411, 46.5139, 8.9234)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB28 #282ABD

analogous

#BD7128 #BDBB28 #74BD28

triadic

#BDBB28 #28BDBB #BB28BD

tetradic

#BDBB28 #28BD71 #282ABD #BD2874

square

#BDBB28 #28BD71 #282ABD #BD2874

split-complementary

#BDBB28 #2874BD #7128BD

monochromatic

#585713 #8A891D #BDBB28 #D9D74A #E3E27C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBB28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BDBB28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB28

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB28	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: #bdbb28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.156 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf70',
    500: '#bdbb28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb28;
$custom-light: #d5cf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.195,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76953,
    "c": 0.15608,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB28

secondary

#7576CB

accent

#42E840

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB28

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

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