#BDBB3D#BDBB3D

#BDBB3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.144 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB3D
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -14.47, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 62.75, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0456 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.144 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6003, 46.6976, 11.3415)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB3D #3D3FBD

analogous

#BD7B3D #BDBB3D #7FBD3D

triadic

#BDBB3D #3DBDBB #BB3DBD

tetradic

#BDBB3D #3DBD7B #3D3FBD #BD3D7F

square

#BDBB3D #3DBD7B #3D3FBD #BD3D7F

split-complementary

#BDBB3D #3D7FBD #7B3DBD

monochromatic

#605F1F #8F8D2E #BDBB3D #CECD69 #DDDC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BDBB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB3D

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB3D	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)

#CAB42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.144 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf7a',
    500: '#bdbb3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb3d;
$custom-light: #d4cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.062,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77085,
    "c": 0.14406,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB3D

secondary

#8D8EC9

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB3D

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

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