#BDBC3D#BDBC3D

#BDBC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.145 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC3D
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 61)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -14.98, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 63.14, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.047 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.145 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8132, 47.1234, 11.4125)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC3D #3D3EBD

analogous

#BD7C3D #BDBC3D #7EBD3D

triadic

#BDBC3D #3DBDBC #BC3DBD

tetradic

#BDBC3D #3DBD7C #3D3EBD #BD3D7E

square

#BDBC3D #3DBD7C #3D3EBD #BD3D7E

split-complementary

#BDBC3D #3D7EBD #7C3DBD

monochromatic

#60601F #8F8E2E #BDBC3D #CECE69 #DDDD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BDBC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC3D

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC3D	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	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)

#CBB42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.145 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf7a',
    500: '#bdbc3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc3d;
$custom-light: #d4cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.531,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77302,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC3D

secondary

#8D8DC9

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC3D

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

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