#BDBB4D#BDBB4D

#BDBB4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.132 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB4D
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 77)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -13.46, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 56.17, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0411 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.132 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0974, 46.8964, 13.9595)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB4D #4D4FBD

analogous

#BD834D #BDBB4D #87BD4D

triadic

#BDBB4D #4DBDBB #BB4DBD

tetradic

#BDBB4D #4DBD83 #4D4FBD #BD4D87

square

#BDBB4D #4DBD83 #4D4FBD #BD4D87

split-complementary

#BDBB4D #4D87BD #834DBD

monochromatic

#696827 #959437 #BDBB4D #CECC7A #DEDDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBB4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BDBB4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB4D

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB4D	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)

#C9B441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.132 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf83',
    500: '#bdbb4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb4d;
$custom-light: #d3cf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77227,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB4D

secondary

#9A9BCB

accent

#55D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB4D

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

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