#BDBB3B#BDBB3B

#BDBB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.145 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB3B
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -14.58, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 63.51, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0461 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.145 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5474, 46.6765, 11.0631)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB3B #3B3DBD

analogous

#BD7A3B #BDBB3B #7EBD3B

triadic

#BDBB3B #3BBDBB #BB3BBD

tetradic

#BDBB3B #3BBD7A #3B3DBD #BD3B7E

square

#BDBB3B #3BBD7A #3B3DBD #BD3B7E

split-complementary

#BDBB3B #3B7EBD #7A3BBD

monochromatic

#605F1E #8E8D2C #BDBB3B #CFCE66 #DEDD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BDBB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB3B

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB3B	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.145 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf79',
    500: '#bdbb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb3b;
$custom-light: #d4cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7707,
    "c": 0.1454,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB3B

secondary

#8B8CC9

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB3B

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

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