#BDBC21#BDBC21

#BDBC21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.160 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BDBC21
RGBrgb(189, 188, 33)
HSLhsl(60, 70%, 44%)
HSVhsv(60, 83%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.5%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(74.12, -16.14, 70.17)
CIE-LCHlch(74.12, 72.00, 102.95°)
OKLaboklab(77.14% -0.0527 0.151)
OKLCHoklch(77.14% 0.16 109.2)
XYZxyz(39.2456, 46.8963, 8.4231)
Luminance0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BDBC21 #2122BD
analogous
#BD6E21 #BDBC21 #70BD21
triadic
#BDBC21 #21BDBC #BC21BD
tetradic
#BDBC21 #21BD6E #2122BD #BD2170
square
#BDBC21 #21BD6E #2122BD #BD2170
split-complementary
#BDBC21 #2170BD #6E21BD
monochromatic
#55540F #898818 #BDBC21 #DDDC3E #E6E672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02
#BDBC21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38
#BDBC21 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC21
10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BDBC21#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BDBC211.002.0210.3810.38
#FFFFFF2.021.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3821.001.001.00
##00000010.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCB400
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEB831
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CBAFA1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bdbc21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.160 109.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf6d',
    500: '#bdbc21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bdbc21;
$custom-light: #d5cf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bdbc21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.615,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7714,
    "c": 0.15995,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BDBC21
secondary
#6D6DCD
accent
#3CED3B
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9ED
border
#D4D2C8
text
#151308
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC21

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#BDBC21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva