#BDBD35#BDBD35

#BDBD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.151 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD35
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -15.89, 64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 66.43, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0504 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.151 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8279, 47.4722, 10.4325)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD35 #3535BD

analogous

#BD7935 #BDBD35 #79BD35

triadic

#BDBD35 #35BDBD #BD35BD

tetradic

#BDBD35 #35BD79 #3535BD #BD3579

square

#BDBD35 #35BD79 #3535BD #BD3579

split-complementary

#BDBD35 #3579BD #7935BD

monochromatic

#5D5D1A #8D8D28 #BDBD35 #D2D25D #DFDF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BDBD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD35

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD35	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)

#CCB51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.151 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d076',
    500: '#bdbd35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd35;
$custom-light: #d4d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77464,
    "c": 0.15116,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD35

secondary

#8484CA

accent

#48DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD35

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

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