#BDBC41#BDBC41

#BDBC41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.142 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC41
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -14.75, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 61.59, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.046 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.142 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9250, 47.1681, 12.0012)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC41 #4142BD

analogous

#BD7E41 #BDBC41 #80BD41

triadic

#BDBC41 #41BDBC #BC41BD

tetradic

#BDBC41 #41BD7E #4142BD #BD4180

square

#BDBC41 #41BD7E #4142BD #BD4180

split-complementary

#BDBC41 #4180BD #7E41BD

monochromatic

#626122 #8F8F31 #BDBC41 #CDCC6E #DDDC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBC41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BDBC41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC41

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC41	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)

#CBB430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.142 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf7c',
    500: '#bdbc41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc41;
$custom-light: #d4cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77334,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC41

secondary

#9191C9

accent

#51D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC41

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

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