#BDBC49#BDBC49

#BDBC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.136 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC49
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, -14.25, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 58.30, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0437 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.136 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1733, 47.2674, 13.3094)
Luminance	0.4727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC49 #494ABD

analogous

#BD8249 #BDBC49 #84BD49

triadic

#BDBC49 #49BDBC #BC49BD

tetradic

#BDBC49 #49BD82 #494ABD #BD4984

square

#BDBC49 #49BD82 #494ABD #BD4984

split-complementary

#BDBC49 #4984BD #8249BD

monochromatic

#666625 #939335 #BDBC49 #CDCD76 #DEDDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BDBC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC49

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC49	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)

#CAB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.136 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d081',
    500: '#bdbc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc49;
$custom-light: #d4d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.483,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77405,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC49

secondary

#9798CA

accent

#53D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC49

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

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