#BDBB37#BDBB37

#BDBB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.148 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB37
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -14.78, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 64.98, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0471 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.148 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4476, 46.6365, 10.5375)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB37 #3739BD

analogous

#BD7837 #BDBB37 #7CBD37

triadic

#BDBB37 #37BDBB #BB37BD

tetradic

#BDBB37 #37BD78 #3739BD #BD377C

square

#BDBB37 #37BD78 #3739BD #BD377C

split-complementary

#BDBB37 #377CBD #7837BD

monochromatic

#5E5D1B #8E8C29 #BDBB37 #D1CF60 #DFDD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BDBB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB37

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB37	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)

#CAB320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.148 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf77',
    500: '#bdbb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb37;
$custom-light: #d4cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77041,
    "c": 0.14798,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB37

secondary

#8687C9

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB37

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

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