#BDBC52#BDBC52

#BDBC52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.129 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC52
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -13.61, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 54.38, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0409 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.129 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4936, 47.3955, 14.9962)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC52 #5253BD

analogous

#BD8652 #BDBC52 #88BD52

triadic

#BDBC52 #52BDBC #BC52BD

tetradic

#BDBC52 #52BD86 #5253BD #BD5288

square

#BDBC52 #52BD86 #5253BD #BD5288

split-complementary

#BDBC52 #5288BD #8652BD

monochromatic

#6C6B29 #98973A #BDBC52 #CECD7E #DFDEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BDBC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC52

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC52	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.129 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d086',
    500: '#bdbc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc52;
$custom-light: #d3d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.439,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77496,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC52

secondary

#9E9FCC

accent

#55D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC52

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

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