#BDBD20#BDBD20

#BDBD20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.161 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD20
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 83.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -16.67, 70.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 72.58, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0542 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.161 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4461, 47.3195, 8.4219)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD20 #2020BD

analogous

#BD6E20 #BDBD20 #6EBD20

triadic

#BDBD20 #20BDBD #BD20BD

tetradic

#BDBD20 #20BD6E #2020BD #BD206E

square

#BDBD20 #20BD6E #2020BD #BD206E

split-complementary

#BDBD20 #206EBD #6E20BD

monochromatic

#54540E #898917 #BDBD20 #DEDE3C #E7E771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBD20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BDBD20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD20

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD20	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFB930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.161 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d06d',
    500: '#bdbd20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd20;
$custom-light: #d5d06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77355,
    "c": 0.16126,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD20

secondary

#6B6BCD

accent

#3AEE3A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD20

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

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