#BDBC50#BDBC50

#BDBC50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.130 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC50
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -13.76, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 55.27, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0416 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.13 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4186, 47.3655, 14.6012)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC50 #5051BD

analogous

#BD8650 #BDBC50 #87BD50

triadic

#BDBC50 #50BDBC #BC50BD

tetradic

#BDBC50 #50BD86 #5051BD #BD5087

square

#BDBC50 #50BD86 #5051BD #BD5087

split-complementary

#BDBC50 #5087BD #8650BD

monochromatic

#6A6A28 #979639 #BDBC50 #CECD7C #DFDEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BDBC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC50

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC50	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)

#CAB544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.130 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d085',
    500: '#bdbc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc50;
$custom-light: #d3d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.45,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77475,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC50

secondary

#9D9DCC

accent

#54D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC50

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

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