#BDBC40#BDBC40

#BDBC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.143 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC40
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -14.81, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 61.98, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0462 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.143 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8962, 47.1566, 11.8500)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC40 #4041BD

analogous

#BD7E40 #BDBC40 #80BD40

triadic

#BDBC40 #40BDBC #BC40BD

tetradic

#BDBC40 #40BD7E #4041BD #BD4080

square

#BDBC40 #40BD7E #4041BD #BD4080

split-complementary

#BDBC40 #4080BD #7E40BD

monochromatic

#626121 #8F8F31 #BDBC40 #CDCD6D #DDDC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BDBC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC40

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC40	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)

#CBB42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.143 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf7c',
    500: '#bdbc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc40;
$custom-light: #d4cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.52,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77326,
    "c": 0.14298,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC40

secondary

#9090C9

accent

#50D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC40

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

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