#BDBB2C#BDBB2C

#BDBB2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.154 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB2C
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -15.26, 66.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 68.63, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0494 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.154 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2127, 46.5426, 9.3004)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB2C #2C2EBD

analogous

#BD722C #BDBB2C #77BD2C

triadic

#BDBB2C #2CBDBB #BB2CBD

tetradic

#BDBB2C #2CBD72 #2C2EBD #BD2C77

square

#BDBB2C #2CBD72 #2C2EBD #BD2C77

split-complementary

#BDBB2C #2C77BD #722CBD

monochromatic

#5A5915 #8B8A20 #BDBB2C #D6D450 #E2E082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBB2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BDBB2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB2C

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB2C	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB302

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.154 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf71',
    500: '#bdbb2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb2c;
$custom-light: #d5cf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.172,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76974,
    "c": 0.15416,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB2C

secondary

#7A7BCB

accent

#45E542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB2C

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

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