#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
RGBrgb(189, 187, 54)
HSLhsl(59, 56%, 48%)
HSVhsv(59, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.1%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(73.95, -14.83, 63.63)
CIE-LCHlch(73.95, 65.33, 103.12°)
OKLaboklab(77.03% -0.0473 0.1409)
OKLCHoklch(77.03% 0.149 108.6)
XYZxyz(39.4239, 46.6270, 10.4125)
Luminance0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BDBB361.002.0310.3310.33
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3321.001.001.00
##00000010.3321.001.001.00

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

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#BDBB36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva