#BDBB3E#BDBB3E

#BDBB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.143 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB3E
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -14.42, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 62.37, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0453 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.143 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6275, 46.7085, 11.4847)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB3E #3E40BD

analogous

#BD7C3E #BDBB3E #80BD3E

triadic

#BDBB3E #3EBDBB #BB3EBD

tetradic

#BDBB3E #3EBD7C #3E40BD #BD3E80

square

#BDBB3E #3EBD7C #3E40BD #BD3E80

split-complementary

#BDBB3E #3E80BD #7C3EBD

monochromatic

#616020 #8F8D2F #BDBB3E #CECD6A #DDDC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BDBB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB3E

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB3E	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)

#CAB42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.143 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf7a',
    500: '#bdbb3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb3e;
$custom-light: #d4cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77093,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB3E

secondary

#8E8FC9

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB3E

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

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