#BDBB48#BDBB48

#BDBB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.136 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB48
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -13.81, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 58.32, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0426 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.136 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9276, 46.8285, 13.0652)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB48 #484ABD

analogous

#BD8048 #BDBB48 #84BD48

triadic

#BDBB48 #48BDBB #BB48BD

tetradic

#BDBB48 #48BD80 #484ABD #BD4884

square

#BDBB48 #48BD80 #484ABD #BD4884

split-complementary

#BDBB48 #4884BD #8048BD

monochromatic

#666525 #939135 #BDBB48 #CDCC75 #DDDCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BDBB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB48

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB48	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.136 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf80',
    500: '#bdbb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb48;
$custom-light: #d4cf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77179,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB48

secondary

#9797CA

accent

#53D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB48

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

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