#BDBB2D#BDBB2D

#BDBB2D 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	#BDBB2D
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -15.22, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 68.32, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0492 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.154 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2318, 46.5502, 9.4006)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB2D #2D2FBD

analogous

#BD732D #BDBB2D #77BD2D

triadic

#BDBB2D #2DBDBB #BB2DBD

tetradic

#BDBB2D #2DBD73 #2D2FBD #BD2D77

square

#BDBB2D #2DBD73 #2D2FBD #BD2D77

split-complementary

#BDBB2D #2D77BD #732DBD

monochromatic

#5A5915 #8C8A21 #BDBB2D #D6D452 #E1E083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBB2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BDBB2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB2D

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB2D	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)

#CBB306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.154 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf72',
    500: '#bdbb2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb2d;
$custom-light: #d5cf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76979,
    "c": 0.15365,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB2D

secondary

#7B7CCB

accent

#45E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB2D

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

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