#BDBC44#BDBC44

#BDBC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.140 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC44
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -14.57, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 60.38, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0452 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.14 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0142, 47.2038, 12.4711)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC44 #4445BD

analogous

#BD7F44 #BDBC44 #81BD44

triadic

#BDBC44 #44BDBC #BC44BD

tetradic

#BDBC44 #44BD7F #4445BD #BD4481

square

#BDBC44 #44BD7F #4445BD #BD4481

split-complementary

#BDBC44 #4481BD #7F44BD

monochromatic

#636323 #919033 #BDBC44 #CDCC71 #DDDC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BDBC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC44

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC44	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)

#CBB534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.140 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf7e',
    500: '#bdbc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc44;
$custom-light: #d4cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.504,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7736,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC44

secondary

#9394C9

accent

#51D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC44

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

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