#BDBC4B#BDBC4B

#BDBC4B 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	#BDBC4B
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -14.11, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 57.45, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0431 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.135 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2407, 47.2944, 13.6642)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC4B #4B4CBD

analogous

#BD834B #BDBC4B #85BD4B

triadic

#BDBC4B #4BBDBC #BC4BBD

tetradic

#BDBC4B #4BBD83 #4B4CBD #BD4B85

square

#BDBC4B #4BBD83 #4B4CBD #BD4B85

split-complementary

#BDBC4B #4B85BD #834BBD

monochromatic

#686726 #949436 #BDBC4B #CDCD78 #DEDDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBC4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BDBC4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC4B

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC4B	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)

#CAB53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.135 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d082',
    500: '#bdbc4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc4b;
$custom-light: #d4d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.474,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77424,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC4B

secondary

#9999CB

accent

#53D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC4B

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

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