#BDBD30#BDBD30

#BDBD30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.154 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD30
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 48)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -16.11, 66.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 68.10, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0514 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.154 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7188, 47.4286, 9.8581)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD30 #3030BD

analogous

#BD7730 #BDBD30 #77BD30

triadic

#BDBD30 #30BDBD #BD30BD

tetradic

#BDBD30 #30BD77 #3030BD #BD3077

square

#BDBD30 #30BD77 #3030BD #BD3077

split-complementary

#BDBD30 #3077BD #7730BD

monochromatic

#5B5B17 #8C8C24 #BDBD30 #D4D456 #E0E087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBD30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BDBD30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD30

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD30	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB50F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.154 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d073',
    500: '#bdbd30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd30;
$custom-light: #d5d073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77433,
    "c": 0.154,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD30

secondary

#7F7FCA

accent

#45E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD30

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

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