#BDBB31#BDBB31

#BDBB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.151 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB31
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -15.06, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 67.04, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0484 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.152 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3125, 46.5825, 9.8256)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB31 #3133BD

analogous

#BD7531 #BDBB31 #79BD31

triadic

#BDBB31 #31BDBB #BB31BD

tetradic

#BDBB31 #31BD75 #3133BD #BD3179

square

#BDBB31 #31BD75 #3133BD #BD3179

split-complementary

#BDBB31 #3179BD #7531BD

monochromatic

#5C5B18 #8C8B24 #BDBB31 #D4D258 #E0DF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDBB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BDBB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB31

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB31	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.151 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf74',
    500: '#bdbb31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb31;
$custom-light: #d5cf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77002,
    "c": 0.1515,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB31

secondary

#8081CA

accent

#48E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB31

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

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