#BDBB47#BDBB47

#BDBB47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.137 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB47
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 71)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -13.87, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 58.74, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0429 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.137 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8952, 46.8156, 12.8948)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB47 #4749BD

analogous

#BD8047 #BDBB47 #84BD47

triadic

#BDBB47 #47BDBB #BB47BD

tetradic

#BDBB47 #47BD80 #4749BD #BD4784

square

#BDBB47 #47BD80 #4749BD #BD4784

split-complementary

#BDBB47 #4784BD #8047BD

monochromatic

#656424 #929134 #BDBB47 #CDCC74 #DDDCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BDBB47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB47

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB47	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)

#CAB439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.137 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf80',
    500: '#bdbb47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb47;
$custom-light: #d4cf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7717,
    "c": 0.1367,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB47

secondary

#9697CA

accent

#53D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB47

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

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