#BDBB4B#BDBB4B

#BDBB4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.133 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB4B
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -13.61, 55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 57.04, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0417 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.133 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0278, 46.8686, 13.5933)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB4B #4B4DBD

analogous

#BD824B #BDBB4B #86BD4B

triadic

#BDBB4B #4BBDBB #BB4BBD

tetradic

#BDBB4B #4BBD82 #4B4DBD #BD4B86

square

#BDBB4B #4BBD82 #4B4DBD #BD4B86

split-complementary

#BDBB4B #4B86BD #824BBD

monochromatic

#686626 #949336 #BDBB4B #CDCC78 #DEDDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBB4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BDBB4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB4B

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB4B	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	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)

#C9B43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.133 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf82',
    500: '#bdbb4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb4b;
$custom-light: #d4cf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77208,
    "c": 0.13348,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB4B

secondary

#999ACB

accent

#54D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB4B

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

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