#BDBC4D#BDBC4D

#BDBC4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.133 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC4D
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 77)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -13.97, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 56.59, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0425 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.133 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3102, 47.3222, 14.0304)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC4D #4D4EBD

analogous

#BD844D #BDBC4D #86BD4D

triadic

#BDBC4D #4DBDBC #BC4DBD

tetradic

#BDBC4D #4DBD84 #4D4EBD #BD4D86

square

#BDBC4D #4DBD84 #4D4EBD #BD4D86

split-complementary

#BDBC4D #4D86BD #844DBD

monochromatic

#696827 #959537 #BDBC4D #CECD7A #DEDEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BDBC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC4D

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC4D	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)

#CAB540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.133 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d083',
    500: '#bdbc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc4d;
$custom-light: #d3d083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.464,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77444,
    "c": 0.13287,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC4D

secondary

#9A9BCB

accent

#53D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC4D

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

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