#BDBB34#BDBB34

#BDBB34 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	#BDBB34
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 52)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -14.93, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 66.03, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0478 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.15 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3779, 46.6086, 10.1702)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB34 #3436BD

analogous

#BD7734 #BDBB34 #7BBD34

triadic

#BDBB34 #34BDBB #BB34BD

tetradic

#BDBB34 #34BD77 #3436BD #BD347B

square

#BDBB34 #34BD77 #3436BD #BD347B

split-complementary

#BDBB34 #347BBD #7734BD

monochromatic

#5D5C1A #8D8C27 #BDBB34 #D2D05C #DFDE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BDBB34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB34

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB34	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)

#CAB31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.150 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf75',
    500: '#bdbb34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb34;
$custom-light: #d4cf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77021,
    "c": 0.14979,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB34

secondary

#8384CA

accent

#4AE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB34

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

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