#BDBB45#BDBB45

#BDBB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.138 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB45
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -14.00, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 59.57, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0434 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.138 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8321, 46.7903, 12.5623)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB45 #4547BD

analogous

#BD7F45 #BDBB45 #83BD45

triadic

#BDBB45 #45BDBB #BB45BD

tetradic

#BDBB45 #45BD7F #4547BD #BD4583

square

#BDBB45 #45BD7F #4547BD #BD4583

split-complementary

#BDBB45 #4583BD #7F45BD

monochromatic

#646324 #919034 #BDBB45 #CDCC72 #DDDC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BDBB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB45

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB45	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)

#CAB436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.138 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf7e',
    500: '#bdbb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb45;
$custom-light: #d4cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77151,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB45

secondary

#9495CA

accent

#53D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB45

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

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