#BDBB49#BDBB49

#BDBB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.135 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB49
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -13.74, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 57.90, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0423 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.135 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9605, 46.8417, 13.2384)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB49 #494BBD

analogous

#BD8149 #BDBB49 #85BD49

triadic

#BDBB49 #49BDBB #BB49BD

tetradic

#BDBB49 #49BD81 #494BBD #BD4985

square

#BDBB49 #49BD81 #494BBD #BD4985

split-complementary

#BDBB49 #4985BD #8149BD

monochromatic

#666525 #939235 #BDBB49 #CDCC76 #DEDDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDBB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BDBB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB49

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB49	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)

#C9B43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.135 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf81',
    500: '#bdbb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb49;
$custom-light: #d4cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77188,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB49

secondary

#9798CA

accent

#54D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB49

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

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