#BDBC4F#BDBC4F

#BDBC4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.131 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC4F
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -13.83, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 55.71, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0419 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.131 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3819, 47.3509, 14.4081)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC4F #4F50BD

analogous

#BD854F #BDBC4F #87BD4F

triadic

#BDBC4F #4FBDBC #BC4FBD

tetradic

#BDBC4F #4FBD85 #4F50BD #BD4F87

square

#BDBC4F #4FBD85 #4F50BD #BD4F87

split-complementary

#BDBC4F #4F87BD #854FBD

monochromatic

#6A6928 #969638 #BDBC4F #CECD7C #DEDEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BDBC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC4F

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC4F	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)

#CAB543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.131 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d084',
    500: '#bdbc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc4f;
$custom-light: #d3d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.455,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77465,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC4F

secondary

#9C9CCC

accent

#54D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC4F

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

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