#BDBC53#BDBC53

#BDBC53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.128 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC53
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -13.53, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 53.93, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0406 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.128 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5319, 47.4109, 15.1980)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC53 #5354BD

analogous

#BD8753 #BDBC53 #89BD53

triadic

#BDBC53 #53BDBC #BC53BD

tetradic

#BDBC53 #53BD87 #5354BD #BD5389

square

#BDBC53 #53BD87 #5354BD #BD5389

split-complementary

#BDBC53 #5389BD #8753BD

monochromatic

#6C6B29 #98973A #BDBC53 #CECD7F #DFDEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BDBC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC53

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC53	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)

#CAB548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.128 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d087',
    500: '#bdbc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc53;
$custom-light: #d3d087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77507,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC53

secondary

#9FA0CD

accent

#55D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC53

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

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