#BDBB44#BDBB44

#BDBB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.139 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB44
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -14.06, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 59.98, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0437 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.139 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8013, 46.7780, 12.4002)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB44 #4446BD

analogous

#BD7E44 #BDBB44 #83BD44

triadic

#BDBB44 #44BDBB #BB44BD

tetradic

#BDBB44 #44BD7E #4446BD #BD4483

square

#BDBB44 #44BD7E #4446BD #BD4483

split-complementary

#BDBB44 #4483BD #7E44BD

monochromatic

#636223 #918F33 #BDBB44 #CDCB71 #DDDC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BDBB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB44

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB44	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.139 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf7e',
    500: '#bdbb44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb44;
$custom-light: #d4cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77143,
    "c": 0.13901,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB44

secondary

#9394C9

accent

#53D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB44

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

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