#BDBB59#BDBB59

#BDBB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.121 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBB59
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -12.54, 49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 50.75, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0371 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.121 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5608, 47.0818, 16.4003)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBB59 #595BBD

analogous

#BD8959 #BDBB59 #8DBD59

triadic

#BDBB59 #59BDBB #BB59BD

tetradic

#BDBB59 #59BD89 #595BBD #BD598D

square

#BDBB59 #59BD89 #595BBD #BD598D

split-complementary

#BDBB59 #598DBD #8959BD

monochromatic

#6F6E2C #9B993E #BDBB59 #CECD85 #E0DFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BDBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBB59

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBB59	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.121 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf8b',
    500: '#bdbb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbb59;
$custom-light: #d3cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7736,
    "c": 0.12102,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBB59

secondary

#A4A5CE

accent

#57D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBB59

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

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