#BDBB42#BDBB42

#BDBB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; 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	#BDBB42
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -14.18, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 60.79, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0443 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.141 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7413, 46.7540, 12.0842)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB42 #4244BD

analogous

#BD7D42 #BDBB42 #82BD42

triadic

#BDBB42 #42BDBB #BB42BD

tetradic

#BDBB42 #42BD7D #4244BD #BD4282

square

#BDBB42 #42BD7D #4244BD #BD4282

split-complementary

#BDBB42 #4282BD #7D42BD

monochromatic

#626122 #908E32 #BDBB42 #CDCB6F #DDDC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BDBB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB42

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB42	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)

#CAB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.141 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf7d',
    500: '#bdbb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb42;
$custom-light: #d4cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77125,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB42

secondary

#9293C9

accent

#52D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB42

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

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