#BDBC33#BDBC33

#BDBC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.151 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC33
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -15.48, 64.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 66.74, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0494 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.151 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5685, 47.0255, 10.1238)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC33 #3334BD

analogous

#BD7733 #BDBC33 #79BD33

triadic

#BDBC33 #33BDBC #BC33BD

tetradic

#BDBC33 #33BD77 #3334BD #BD3379

square

#BDBC33 #33BD77 #3334BD #BD3379

split-complementary

#BDBC33 #3379BD #7733BD

monochromatic

#5D5C19 #8D8C26 #BDBC33 #D3D25B #E0DF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BDBC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC33

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC33	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)

#CBB417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.151 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf75',
    500: '#bdbc33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc33;
$custom-light: #d5cf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77233,
    "c": 0.15135,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC33

secondary

#8283CA

accent

#48E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC33

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

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