#BDBC3B#BDBC3B

#BDBC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.146 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC3B
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -15.09, 62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 63.89, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0475 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.146 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7603, 47.1022, 11.1340)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC3B #3B3CBD

analogous

#BD7B3B #BDBC3B #7DBD3B

triadic

#BDBC3B #3BBDBC #BC3BBD

tetradic

#BDBC3B #3BBD7B #3B3CBD #BD3B7D

square

#BDBC3B #3BBD7B #3B3CBD #BD3B7D

split-complementary

#BDBC3B #3B7DBD #7B3BBD

monochromatic

#605F1E #8E8E2C #BDBC3B #CFCE66 #DEDD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDBC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BDBC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC3B

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC3B	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)

#CBB427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.146 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf79',
    500: '#bdbc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc3b;
$custom-light: #d4cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77287,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC3B

secondary

#8B8BC9

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC3B

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

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