#BDBC36#BDBC36

#BDBC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.150 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC36
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -15.34, 63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 65.71, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0487 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.15 109)
XYZ	xyz(39.6368, 47.0528, 10.4835)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC36 #3637BD

analogous

#BD7936 #BDBC36 #7ABD36

triadic

#BDBC36 #36BDBC #BC36BD

tetradic

#BDBC36 #36BD79 #3637BD #BD367A

square

#BDBC36 #36BD79 #3637BD #BD367A

split-complementary

#BDBC36 #367ABD #7936BD

monochromatic

#5E5D1B #8D8D28 #BDBC36 #D1D05F #DFDE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BDBC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC36

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC36	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)

#CBB41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.150 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf76',
    500: '#bdbc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc36;
$custom-light: #d4cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77252,
    "c": 0.14957,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.47052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC36

secondary

#8586C9

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC36

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

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