#BDBD23#BDBD23

#BDBD23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.160 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD23
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -16.58, 69.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 71.84, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0538 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.16 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4888, 47.3366, 8.6465)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD23 #2323BD

analogous

#BD7023 #BDBD23 #70BD23

triadic

#BDBD23 #23BDBD #BD23BD

tetradic

#BDBD23 #23BD70 #2323BD #BD2370

square

#BDBD23 #23BD70 #2323BD #BD2370

split-complementary

#BDBD23 #2370BD #7023BD

monochromatic

#565610 #898919 #BDBD23 #DCDC41 #E5E575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBD23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BDBD23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD23

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD23	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFB932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.160 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d06e',
    500: '#bdbd23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd23;
$custom-light: #d5d06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77367,
    "c": 0.16011,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD23

secondary

#6F6FCD

accent

#3CEC3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD23

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

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