#BDBC3F#BDBC3F

#BDBC3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.144 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC3F
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 63)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -14.87, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 62.37, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0465 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.144 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8680, 47.1453, 11.7015)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC3F #3F40BD

analogous

#BD7D3F #BDBC3F #7FBD3F

triadic

#BDBC3F #3FBDBC #BC3FBD

tetradic

#BDBC3F #3FBD7D #3F40BD #BD3F7F

square

#BDBC3F #3FBD7D #3F40BD #BD3F7F

split-complementary

#BDBC3F #3F7FBD #7D3FBD

monochromatic

#616120 #8F8E30 #BDBC3F #CECD6B #DDDD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBC3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BDBC3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC3F

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC3F	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.144 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf7b',
    500: '#bdbc3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc3f;
$custom-light: #d4cf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.524,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77318,
    "c": 0.14368,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC3F

secondary

#8F8FC9

accent

#4FDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC3F

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

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