#BDBC2D#BDBC2D

#BDBC2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.155 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC2D
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -15.73, 66.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 68.68, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0506 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.155 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4446, 46.9760, 9.4716)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC2D #2D2EBD

analogous

#BD742D #BDBC2D #76BD2D

triadic

#BDBC2D #2DBDBC #BC2DBD

tetradic

#BDBC2D #2DBD74 #2D2EBD #BD2D76

square

#BDBC2D #2DBD74 #2D2EBD #BD2D76

split-complementary

#BDBC2D #2D76BD #742DBD

monochromatic

#5A5A15 #8C8B21 #BDBC2D #D6D552 #E1E183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBC2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BDBC2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC2D

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC2D	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB405

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.155 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf72',
    500: '#bdbc2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc2d;
$custom-light: #d5cf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.583,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77197,
    "c": 0.15461,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC2D

secondary

#7B7CCB

accent

#44E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC2D

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

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