#BDBD31#BDBD31

#BDBD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.153 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD31
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -16.07, 65.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 67.77, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0512 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.153 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7397, 47.4370, 9.9680)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD31 #3131BD

analogous

#BD7731 #BDBD31 #77BD31

triadic

#BDBD31 #31BDBD #BD31BD

tetradic

#BDBD31 #31BD77 #3131BD #BD3177

square

#BDBD31 #31BD77 #3131BD #BD3177

split-complementary

#BDBD31 #3177BD #7731BD

monochromatic

#5C5C18 #8C8C24 #BDBD31 #D4D458 #E0E088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BDBD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD31

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD31	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)

#CCB512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.153 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d074',
    500: '#bdbd31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd31;
$custom-light: #d5d074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77439,
    "c": 0.15346,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD31

secondary

#8080CA

accent

#46E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD31

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

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