#BDBB50#BDBB50

#BDBB50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.129 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB50
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -13.25, 53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 54.85, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0401 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.129 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2057, 46.9398, 14.5302)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB50 #5052BD

analogous

#BD8450 #BDBB50 #88BD50

triadic

#BDBB50 #50BDBB #BB50BD

tetradic

#BDBB50 #50BD84 #5052BD #BD5088

square

#BDBB50 #50BD84 #5052BD #BD5088

split-complementary

#BDBB50 #5088BD #8450BD

monochromatic

#6A6928 #979539 #BDBB50 #CECC7C #DFDEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BDBB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB50

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB50	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.129 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf85',
    500: '#bdbb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb50;
$custom-light: #d3cf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.899,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77259,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB50

secondary

#9D9ECC

accent

#55D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB50

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

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