#BDBB52#BDBB52

#BDBB52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.127 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB52
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -13.10, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 53.96, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0395 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.127 108)
XYZ	xyz(40.2807, 46.9698, 14.9252)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB52 #5254BD

analogous

#BD8652 #BDBB52 #89BD52

triadic

#BDBB52 #52BDBB #BB52BD

tetradic

#BDBB52 #52BD86 #5254BD #BD5289

square

#BDBB52 #52BD86 #5254BD #BD5289

split-complementary

#BDBB52 #5289BD #8652BD

monochromatic

#6C6A29 #98963A #BDBB52 #CECC7E #DFDEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BDBB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB52

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB52	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)

#C9B447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.127 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf86',
    500: '#bdbb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb52;
$custom-light: #d3cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7728,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.46969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB52

secondary

#9E9FCC

accent

#56D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB52

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

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