#BDBD2E#BDBD2E

#BDBD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.155 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD2E
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -16.20, 66.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 68.73, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0518 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.155 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6785, 47.4125, 9.6456)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD2E #2E2EBD

analogous

#BD752E #BDBD2E #75BD2E

triadic

#BDBD2E #2EBDBD #BD2EBD

tetradic

#BDBD2E #2EBD75 #2E2EBD #BD2E75

square

#BDBD2E #2EBD75 #2E2EBD #BD2E75

split-complementary

#BDBD2E #2E75BD #752EBD

monochromatic

#5B5B16 #8C8C22 #BDBD2E #D5D553 #E1E184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BDBD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD2E

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD2E	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)

#CDB508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.155 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d073',
    500: '#bdbd2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd2e;
$custom-light: #d5d073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77421,
    "c": 0.15505,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD2E

secondary

#7C7CCA

accent

#44E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD2E

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

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