#BDBB39#BDBB39

#BDBB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.147 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB39
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -14.68, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 64.25, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0466 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.147 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4965, 46.6561, 10.7951)
Luminance	0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB39 #393BBD

analogous

#BD7939 #BDBB39 #7DBD39

triadic

#BDBB39 #39BDBB #BB39BD

tetradic

#BDBB39 #39BD79 #393BBD #BD397D

square

#BDBB39 #39BD79 #393BBD #BD397D

split-complementary

#BDBB39 #397DBD #7939BD

monochromatic

#5F5E1D #8E8C2B #BDBB39 #D0CE63 #DEDD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BDBB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB39

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB39	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)

#CAB323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.147 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf78',
    500: '#bdbb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb39;
$custom-light: #d4cf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77055,
    "c": 0.14671,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB39

secondary

#898AC9

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB39

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

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