#BDBB41#BDBB41

#BDBB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.141 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB41
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -14.24, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 61.19, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0445 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.141 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7121, 46.7423, 11.9303)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB41 #4143BD

analogous

#BD7D41 #BDBB41 #81BD41

triadic

#BDBB41 #41BDBB #BB41BD

tetradic

#BDBB41 #41BD7D #4143BD #BD4181

square

#BDBB41 #41BD7D #4143BD #BD4181

split-complementary

#BDBB41 #4181BD #7D41BD

monochromatic

#626122 #8F8E31 #BDBB41 #CDCC6E #DDDC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BDBB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB41

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB41	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.141 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf7c',
    500: '#bdbb41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb41;
$custom-light: #d4cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77117,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB41

secondary

#9192C9

accent

#52D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB41

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

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