#BDBC42#BDBC42

#BDBC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.142 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC42
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -14.69, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 61.19, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0457 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.142 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9542, 47.1798, 12.1552)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC42 #4243BD

analogous

#BD7E42 #BDBC42 #81BD42

triadic

#BDBC42 #42BDBC #BC42BD

tetradic

#BDBC42 #42BD7E #4243BD #BD4281

square

#BDBC42 #42BD7E #4243BD #BD4281

split-complementary

#BDBC42 #4281BD #7E42BD

monochromatic

#626222 #908F32 #BDBC42 #CDCC6F #DDDC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BDBC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC42

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC42	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.142 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf7d',
    500: '#bdbc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc42;
$custom-light: #d4cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.512,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77343,
    "c": 0.14153,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC42

secondary

#9292C9

accent

#51D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC42

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

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