#BDBB38#BDBB38

#BDBB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.147 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB38
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -14.73, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 64.62, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0468 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.147 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4718, 46.6462, 10.6650)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB38 #383ABD

analogous

#BD7938 #BDBB38 #7CBD38

triadic

#BDBB38 #38BDBB #BB38BD

tetradic

#BDBB38 #38BD79 #383ABD #BD387C

square

#BDBB38 #38BD79 #383ABD #BD387C

split-complementary

#BDBB38 #387CBD #7938BD

monochromatic

#5F5E1C #8E8C2A #BDBB38 #D0CF62 #DEDD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BDBB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB38

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB38	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)

#CAB322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.147 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf77',
    500: '#bdbb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb38;
$custom-light: #d4cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77048,
    "c": 0.14734,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB38

secondary

#8788C9

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB38

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

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