#BDBB29#BDBB29

#BDBB29 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	#BDBB29
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 41)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 78.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -15.38, 67.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 69.52, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.05 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.156 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1584, 46.5208, 9.0141)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB29 #292BBD

analogous

#BD7129 #BDBB29 #75BD29

triadic

#BDBB29 #29BDBB #BB29BD

tetradic

#BDBB29 #29BD71 #292BBD #BD2975

square

#BDBB29 #29BD71 #292BBD #BD2975

split-complementary

#BDBB29 #2975BD #7129BD

monochromatic

#585713 #8B891E #BDBB29 #D8D64B #E3E27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBB29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BDBB29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB29

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB29	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)

#CDB836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.156 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf70',
    500: '#bdbb29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb29;
$custom-light: #d5cf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76958,
    "c": 0.15561,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB29

secondary

#7778CB

accent

#43E740

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB29

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

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