#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
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 33)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -16.14, 70.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 72.00, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0527 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.16 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2456, 46.8963, 8.4231)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##BDBC21	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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