#BDBD25#BDBD25

#BDBD25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.159 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD25
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 37)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -16.52, 69.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 71.33, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0535 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.159 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5193, 47.3488, 8.8074)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD25 #2525BD

analogous

#BD7125 #BDBD25 #71BD25

triadic

#BDBD25 #25BDBD #BD25BD

tetradic

#BDBD25 #25BD71 #2525BD #BD2571

square

#BDBD25 #25BD71 #2525BD #BD2571

split-complementary

#BDBD25 #2571BD #7125BD

monochromatic

#575711 #8A8A1B #BDBD25 #DBDB45 #E5E578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBD25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BDBD25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD25

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD25	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)

#CFB934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.159 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d06f',
    500: '#bdbd25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd25;
$custom-light: #d5d06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77376,
    "c": 0.15929,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD25

secondary

#7272CC

accent

#3EEA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD25

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

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