#BDBC37#BDBC37

#BDBC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.149 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC37
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -15.29, 63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 65.35, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0485 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.149 109)
XYZ	xyz(39.6605, 47.0623, 10.6084)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC37 #3738BD

analogous

#BD7937 #BDBC37 #7BBD37

triadic

#BDBC37 #37BDBC #BC37BD

tetradic

#BDBC37 #37BD79 #3738BD #BD377B

square

#BDBC37 #37BD79 #3738BD #BD377B

split-complementary

#BDBC37 #377BBD #7937BD

monochromatic

#5E5E1B #8E8D29 #BDBC37 #D1D060 #DFDE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BDBC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC37

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC37	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)

#CBB41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.149 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf77',
    500: '#bdbc37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc37;
$custom-light: #d4cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.552,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77259,
    "c": 0.14897,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.47061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC37

secondary

#8687C9

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC37

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

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