#BDBC28#BDBC28

#BDBC28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.157 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC28
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -15.92, 68.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 70.16, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0515 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.157 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3540, 46.9397, 8.9943)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC28 #2829BD

analogous

#BD7128 #BDBC28 #74BD28

triadic

#BDBC28 #28BDBC #BC28BD

tetradic

#BDBC28 #28BD71 #2829BD #BD2874

square

#BDBC28 #28BD71 #2829BD #BD2874

split-complementary

#BDBC28 #2874BD #7128BD

monochromatic

#585813 #8A8A1D #BDBC28 #D9D84A #E3E37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBC28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BDBC28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC28

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC28	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.157 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf70',
    500: '#bdbc28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc28;
$custom-light: #d5cf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.597,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77171,
    "c": 0.15702,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC28

secondary

#7576CB

accent

#41E840

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC28

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

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