#BDBD2D#BDBD2D

#BDBD2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.156 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD2D
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -16.23, 67.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 69.04, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.052 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.156 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6590, 47.4047, 9.5430)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD2D #2D2DBD

analogous

#BD752D #BDBD2D #75BD2D

triadic

#BDBD2D #2DBDBD #BD2DBD

tetradic

#BDBD2D #2DBD75 #2D2DBD #BD2D75

square

#BDBD2D #2DBD75 #2D2DBD #BD2D75

split-complementary

#BDBD2D #2D75BD #752DBD

monochromatic

#5A5A15 #8C8C21 #BDBD2D #D6D652 #E1E183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBD2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BDBD2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD2D

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD2D	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB504

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.156 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d072',
    500: '#bdbd2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd2d;
$custom-light: #d5d072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77416,
    "c": 0.15557,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD2D

secondary

#7B7BCB

accent

#43E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD2D

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

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