#BDBC4E#BDBC4E

#BDBC4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.132 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC4E
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -13.90, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 56.15, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0422 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.132 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3458, 47.3364, 14.2178)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC4E #4E4FBD

analogous

#BD844E #BDBC4E #87BD4E

triadic

#BDBC4E #4EBDBC #BC4EBD

tetradic

#BDBC4E #4EBD84 #4E4FBD #BD4E87

square

#BDBC4E #4EBD84 #4E4FBD #BD4E87

split-complementary

#BDBC4E #4E87BD #844EBD

monochromatic

#696927 #969538 #BDBC4E #CECD7B #DEDEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BDBC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC4E

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC4E	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.132 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d084',
    500: '#bdbc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc4e;
$custom-light: #d3d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.459,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77454,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC4E

secondary

#9B9CCC

accent

#54D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC4E

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

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