#BDBB53#BDBB53

#BDBB53 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 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB53
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -13.02, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 53.51, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0391 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.127 108)
XYZ	xyz(40.3191, 46.9851, 15.1271)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB53 #5355BD

analogous

#BD8653 #BDBB53 #8ABD53

triadic

#BDBB53 #53BDBB #BB53BD

tetradic

#BDBB53 #53BD86 #5355BD #BD538A

square

#BDBB53 #53BD86 #5355BD #BD538A

split-complementary

#BDBB53 #538ABD #8653BD

monochromatic

#6C6B29 #98973A #BDBB53 #CECC7F #DFDEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BDBB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB53

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB53	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.127 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf87',
    500: '#bdbb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb53;
$custom-light: #d3cf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77291,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.46984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB53

secondary

#9FA0CD

accent

#56D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB53

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

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