#BDBC22#BDBC22

#BDBC22 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	#BDBC22
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -16.11, 69.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 71.75, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0525 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.16 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2598, 46.9020, 8.4980)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC22 #2223BD

analogous

#BD6E22 #BDBC22 #70BD22

triadic

#BDBC22 #22BDBC #BC22BD

tetradic

#BDBC22 #22BD6E #2223BD #BD2270

square

#BDBC22 #22BD6E #2223BD #BD2270

split-complementary

#BDBC22 #2270BD #6E22BD

monochromatic

#55550F #898819 #BDBC22 #DDDC40 #E6E573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBC22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BDBC22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC22

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC22	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: #bdbc22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.160 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf6d',
    500: '#bdbc22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc22;
$custom-light: #d5cf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.613,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77144,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC22

secondary

#6E6FCD

accent

#3DEC3B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC22

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

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