#BDBC61#BDBC61

#BDBC61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.114 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBC61
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -12.35, 45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 47.40, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0357 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.114 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1281, 47.6493, 18.3377)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBC61 #6162BD

analogous

#BD8E61 #BDBC61 #90BD61

triadic

#BDBC61 #61BDBC #BC61BD

tetradic

#BDBC61 #61BD8E #6162BD #BD6190

square

#BDBC61 #61BD8E #6162BD #BD6190

split-complementary

#BDBC61 #6190BD #8E61BD

monochromatic

#737330 #9F9E42 #BDBC61 #CFCE8C #E1E1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BDBC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBC61

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBC61	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.114 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d090',
    500: '#bdbc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbc61;
$custom-light: #d3d090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.348,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77677,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBC61

secondary

#AAAAD0

accent

#58D157

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBC61

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

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