#BDBD24#BDBD24

#BDBD24 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	#BDBD24
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -16.55, 69.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 71.59, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0536 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.16 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5038, 47.3426, 8.7258)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD24 #2424BD

analogous

#BD7124 #BDBD24 #71BD24

triadic

#BDBD24 #24BDBD #BD24BD

tetradic

#BDBD24 #24BD71 #2424BD #BD2471

square

#BDBD24 #24BD71 #2424BD #BD2471

split-complementary

#BDBD24 #2471BD #7124BD

monochromatic

#565610 #8A8A1A #BDBD24 #DBDB43 #E5E576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBD24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BDBD24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD24

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD24	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)

#CFB933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.160 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d06e',
    500: '#bdbd24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd24;
$custom-light: #d5d06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77372,
    "c": 0.15971,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD24

secondary

#7070CC

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD24

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

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