#BDBB4E#BDBB4E

#BDBB4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.131 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB4E
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -13.39, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 55.74, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0407 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.131 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1329, 46.9107, 14.1468)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB4E #4E50BD

analogous

#BD844E #BDBB4E #87BD4E

triadic

#BDBB4E #4EBDBB #BB4EBD

tetradic

#BDBB4E #4EBD84 #4E50BD #BD4E87

square

#BDBB4E #4EBD84 #4E50BD #BD4E87

split-complementary

#BDBB4E #4E87BD #844EBD

monochromatic

#696827 #969438 #BDBB4E #CECC7B #DEDDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BDBB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB4E

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB4E	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)

#C9B442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.131 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf84',
    500: '#bdbb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb4e;
$custom-light: #d3cf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.919,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77238,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB4E

secondary

#9B9CCC

accent

#55D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB4E

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

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