#BDBC5B#BDBC5B

#BDBC5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.120 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC5B
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -12.88, 48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 50.25, 104.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0379 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.12 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8588, 47.5416, 16.9196)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC5B #5B5CBD

analogous

#BD8B5B #BDBC5B #8DBD5B

triadic

#BDBC5B #5BBDBC #BC5BBD

tetradic

#BDBC5B #5BBD8B #5B5CBD #BD5B8D

square

#BDBC5B #5BBD8B #5B5CBD #BD5B8D

split-complementary

#BDBC5B #5B8DBD #8B5BBD

monochromatic

#70702D #9C9B3F #BDBC5B #CFCE87 #E0E0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BDBC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC5B

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC5B	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.120 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d08c',
    500: '#bdbc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc5b;
$custom-light: #d3d08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.388,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.776,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC5B

secondary

#A5A6CF

accent

#57D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC5B

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

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