#BDBC23#BDBC23

#BDBC23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.159 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC23
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -16.08, 69.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 71.50, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0524 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.159 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2744, 46.9079, 8.5751)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC23 #2324BD

analogous

#BD6F23 #BDBC23 #71BD23

triadic

#BDBC23 #23BDBC #BC23BD

tetradic

#BDBC23 #23BD6F #2324BD #BD2371

square

#BDBC23 #23BD6F #2324BD #BD2371

split-complementary

#BDBC23 #2371BD #6F23BD

monochromatic

#565510 #898919 #BDBC23 #DCDB41 #E5E575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBC23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BDBC23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC23

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC23	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)

#CEB832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.159 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf6e',
    500: '#bdbc23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc23;
$custom-light: #d5cf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.61,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77149,
    "c": 0.15916,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC23

secondary

#6F70CD

accent

#3DEC3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC23

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

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