#BDBD21#BDBD21

#BDBD21 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	#BDBD21
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 33)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -16.64, 70.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 72.34, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0541 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.161 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4599, 47.3251, 8.4946)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD21 #2121BD

analogous

#BD6F21 #BDBD21 #6FBD21

triadic

#BDBD21 #21BDBD #BD21BD

tetradic

#BDBD21 #21BD6F #2121BD #BD216F

square

#BDBD21 #21BD6F #2121BD #BD216F

split-complementary

#BDBD21 #216FBD #6F21BD

monochromatic

#55550F #898918 #BDBD21 #DDDD3E #E6E672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BDBD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD21

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD21	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)

#CFB931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.161 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d06d',
    500: '#bdbd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd21;
$custom-light: #d5d06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77359,
    "c": 0.16089,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD21

secondary

#6D6DCD

accent

#3BED3B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD21

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

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