#BDBD27#BDBD27

#BDBD27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.158 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD27
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -16.45, 68.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 70.79, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0531 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.158 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5516, 47.3617, 8.9774)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD27 #2727BD

analogous

#BD7227 #BDBD27 #72BD27

triadic

#BDBD27 #27BDBD #BD27BD

tetradic

#BDBD27 #27BD72 #2727BD #BD2772

square

#BDBD27 #27BD72 #2727BD #BD2772

split-complementary

#BDBD27 #2772BD #7227BD

monochromatic

#585812 #8A8A1D #BDBD27 #D9D948 #E4E47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBD27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BDBD27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD27

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD27	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)

#CEB935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.158 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d070',
    500: '#bdbd27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd27;
$custom-light: #d5d070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77385,
    "c": 0.15842,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD27

secondary

#7474CC

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD27

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

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