#BDBD33#BDBD33

#BDBD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.152 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD33
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -15.98, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 67.11, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0508 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.152 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7828, 47.4542, 10.1953)
Luminance	0.4745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD33 #3333BD

analogous

#BD7833 #BDBD33 #78BD33

triadic

#BDBD33 #33BDBD #BD33BD

tetradic

#BDBD33 #33BD78 #3333BD #BD3378

square

#BDBD33 #33BD78 #3333BD #BD3378

split-complementary

#BDBD33 #3378BD #7833BD

monochromatic

#5D5D19 #8D8D26 #BDBD33 #D3D35B #E0E08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BDBD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD33

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD33	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)

#CCB517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.152 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d075',
    500: '#bdbd33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd33;
$custom-light: #d5d075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77451,
    "c": 0.15233,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD33

secondary

#8282CA

accent

#47E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD33

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

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