#BDBB4C#BDBB4C

#BDBB4C 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 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB4C
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 76)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 59.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -13.54, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 56.61, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0414 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.133 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0623, 46.8824, 13.7749)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB4C #4C4EBD

analogous

#BD834C #BDBB4C #87BD4C

triadic

#BDBB4C #4CBDBB #BB4CBD

tetradic

#BDBB4C #4CBD83 #4C4EBD #BD4C87

square

#BDBB4C #4CBD83 #4C4EBD #BD4C87

split-complementary

#BDBB4C #4C87BD #834CBD

monochromatic

#686726 #959337 #BDBB4C #CDCC79 #DEDDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBB4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BDBB4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB4C

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB4C	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.133 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf83',
    500: '#bdbb4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb4c;
$custom-light: #d4cf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.938,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77217,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB4C

secondary

#9A9BCB

accent

#54D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB4C

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

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