#BDBC48#BDBC48

#BDBC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.137 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC48
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -14.32, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 58.73, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.044 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.137 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1404, 47.2543, 13.1362)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC48 #4849BD

analogous

#BD8148 #BDBC48 #83BD48

triadic

#BDBC48 #48BDBC #BC48BD

tetradic

#BDBC48 #48BD81 #4849BD #BD4883

square

#BDBC48 #48BD81 #4849BD #BD4883

split-complementary

#BDBC48 #4883BD #8148BD

monochromatic

#666525 #939235 #BDBC48 #CDCC75 #DDDDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BDBC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC48

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC48	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.137 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf80',
    500: '#bdbc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc48;
$custom-light: #d4cf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.487,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77396,
    "c": 0.13695,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC48

secondary

#9797CA

accent

#52D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC48

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

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