#BDBB43#BDBB43

#BDBB43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.140 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB43
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -14.12, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 60.39, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.044 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.14 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7710, 46.7659, 12.2408)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB43 #4345BD

analogous

#BD7E43 #BDBB43 #82BD43

triadic

#BDBB43 #43BDBB #BB43BD

tetradic

#BDBB43 #43BD7E #4345BD #BD4382

square

#BDBB43 #43BD7E #4345BD #BD4382

split-complementary

#BDBB43 #4382BD #7E43BD

monochromatic

#636223 #908F33 #BDBB43 #CDCB70 #DDDC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BDBB43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB43

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB43	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)

#CAB433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.140 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf7d',
    500: '#bdbb43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb43;
$custom-light: #d4cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77134,
    "c": 0.13977,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB43

secondary

#9394C9

accent

#52D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB43

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

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