#BDBC32#BDBC32

#BDBC32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.152 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC32
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 50)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -15.52, 65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 67.08, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0496 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.152 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5467, 47.0168, 10.0090)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC32 #3233BD

analogous

#BD7632 #BDBC32 #79BD32

triadic

#BDBC32 #32BDBC #BC32BD

tetradic

#BDBC32 #32BD76 #3233BD #BD3279

square

#BDBC32 #32BD76 #3233BD #BD3279

split-complementary

#BDBC32 #3279BD #7632BD

monochromatic

#5C5C18 #8D8C25 #BDBC32 #D3D259 #E0DF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBC32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BDBC32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC32

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC32	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)

#CBB415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.152 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf74',
    500: '#bdbc32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc32;
$custom-light: #d5cf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77226,
    "c": 0.15192,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC32

secondary

#8181CA

accent

#48E146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC32

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

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