#BDBC4A#BDBC4A

#BDBC4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.135 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC4A
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -14.18, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 57.88, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0434 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.135 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2068, 47.2808, 13.4854)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC4A #4A4BBD

analogous

#BD834A #BDBC4A #85BD4A

triadic

#BDBC4A #4ABDBC #BC4ABD

tetradic

#BDBC4A #4ABD83 #4A4BBD #BD4A85

square

#BDBC4A #4ABD83 #4A4BBD #BD4A85

split-complementary

#BDBC4A #4A85BD #834ABD

monochromatic

#676626 #949336 #BDBC4A #CDCD77 #DEDDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BDBC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC4A

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC4A	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.135 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d081',
    500: '#bdbc4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc4a;
$custom-light: #d4d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77415,
    "c": 0.13535,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC4A

secondary

#9899CB

accent

#53D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC4A

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

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