#BDBD28#BDBD28

#BDBD28 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	#BDBD28
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -16.42, 68.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 70.51, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0529 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.158 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5684, 47.3684, 9.0658)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD28 #2828BD

analogous

#BD7328 #BDBD28 #73BD28

triadic

#BDBD28 #28BDBD #BD28BD

tetradic

#BDBD28 #28BD73 #2828BD #BD2873

square

#BDBD28 #28BD73 #2828BD #BD2873

split-complementary

#BDBD28 #2873BD #7328BD

monochromatic

#585813 #8A8A1D #BDBD28 #D9D94A #E3E37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDBD28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BDBD28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD28

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD28	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)

#CEB936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.158 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d070',
    500: '#bdbd28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd28;
$custom-light: #d5d070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7739,
    "c": 0.15797,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD28

secondary

#7575CB

accent

#40E840

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD28

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

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