#BDBB33#BDBB33

#BDBB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.150 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB33
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -14.97, 64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 66.37, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.048 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.15 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3556, 46.5997, 10.0529)
Luminance	0.4660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB33 #3335BD

analogous

#BD7633 #BDBB33 #7ABD33

triadic

#BDBB33 #33BDBB #BB33BD

tetradic

#BDBB33 #33BD76 #3335BD #BD337A

square

#BDBB33 #33BD76 #3335BD #BD337A

split-complementary

#BDBB33 #337ABD #7633BD

monochromatic

#5D5C19 #8D8B26 #BDBB33 #D3D15B #E0DE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BDBB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB33

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB33	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	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)

#CAB318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.150 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf75',
    500: '#bdbb33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb33;
$custom-light: #d5cf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77015,
    "c": 0.15037,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB33

secondary

#8283CA

accent

#49E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB33

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

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