#BDBC34#BDBC34

#BDBC34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.151 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC34
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 52)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -15.43, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 66.40, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0492 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.151 109)
XYZ	xyz(39.5908, 47.0344, 10.2412)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC34 #3435BD

analogous

#BD7834 #BDBC34 #7ABD34

triadic

#BDBC34 #34BDBC #BC34BD

tetradic

#BDBC34 #34BD78 #3435BD #BD347A

square

#BDBC34 #34BD78 #3435BD #BD347A

split-complementary

#BDBC34 #347ABD #7834BD

monochromatic

#5D5D1A #8D8C27 #BDBC34 #D2D15C #DFDF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBC34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BDBC34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC34

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC34	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.151 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf75',
    500: '#bdbc34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc34;
$custom-light: #d4cf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77239,
    "c": 0.15077,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.47033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC34

secondary

#8384CA

accent

#49E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC34

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

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