#BDBB36#BDBB36

#BDBB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.149 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB36
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -14.83, 63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 65.33, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0473 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.149 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4239, 46.6270, 10.4125)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB36 #3638BD

analogous

#BD7736 #BDBB36 #7CBD36

triadic

#BDBB36 #36BDBB #BB36BD

tetradic

#BDBB36 #36BD77 #3638BD #BD367C

square

#BDBB36 #36BD77 #3638BD #BD367C

split-complementary

#BDBB36 #367CBD #7736BD

monochromatic

#5E5D1B #8D8C28 #BDBB36 #D1D05F #DFDE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BDBB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB36

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB36	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.149 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf76',
    500: '#bdbb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb36;
$custom-light: #d4cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77034,
    "c": 0.14859,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB36

secondary

#8586C9

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB36

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

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