#BDBC35#BDBC35

#BDBC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.150 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC35
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -15.39, 64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 66.06, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.049 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.15 109)
XYZ	xyz(39.6135, 47.0435, 10.3611)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC35 #3536BD

analogous

#BD7835 #BDBC35 #7ABD35

triadic

#BDBC35 #35BDBC #BC35BD

tetradic

#BDBC35 #35BD78 #3536BD #BD357A

square

#BDBC35 #35BD78 #3536BD #BD357A

split-complementary

#BDBC35 #357ABD #7835BD

monochromatic

#5D5D1A #8D8C28 #BDBC35 #D2D15D #DFDF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BDBC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC35

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC35	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)

#CBB41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.150 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf76',
    500: '#bdbc35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc35;
$custom-light: #d4cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77245,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.47042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC35

secondary

#8485CA

accent

#49DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC35

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

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