#BDBC3A#BDBC3A

#BDBC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.147 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC3A
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -15.14, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 64.26, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0478 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.147 109)
XYZ	xyz(39.7346, 47.0919, 10.9987)
Luminance	0.4709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC3A #3A3BBD

analogous

#BD7A3A #BDBC3A #7CBD3A

triadic

#BDBC3A #3ABDBC #BC3ABD

tetradic

#BDBC3A #3ABD7A #3A3BBD #BD3A7C

square

#BDBC3A #3ABD7A #3A3BBD #BD3A7C

split-complementary

#BDBC3A #3A7CBD #7A3ABD

monochromatic

#5F5F1D #8E8D2C #BDBC3A #D0CF65 #DEDD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BDBC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC3A

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC3A	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.147 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf78',
    500: '#bdbc3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc3a;
$custom-light: #d4cf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7728,
    "c": 0.14706,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.47091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC3A

secondary

#8A8AC9

accent

#4CDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC3A

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

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