#BDBC38#BDBC38

#BDBC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.148 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC38
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -15.24, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 64.99, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0483 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.148 109)
XYZ	xyz(39.6847, 47.0720, 10.7360)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC38 #3839BD

analogous

#BD7938 #BDBC38 #7BBD38

triadic

#BDBC38 #38BDBC #BC38BD

tetradic

#BDBC38 #38BD79 #3839BD #BD387B

square

#BDBC38 #38BD79 #3839BD #BD387B

split-complementary

#BDBC38 #387BBD #7938BD

monochromatic

#5F5E1C #8E8D2A #BDBC38 #D0D062 #DEDE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BDBC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC38

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC38	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)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.148 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf77',
    500: '#bdbc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc38;
$custom-light: #d4cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.549,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77266,
    "c": 0.14834,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.47071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC38

secondary

#8788C9

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC38

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

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