#BDBD36#BDBD36

#BDBD36 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 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD36
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -15.84, 64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 66.08, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0501 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.151 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8511, 47.4815, 10.5549)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD36 #3636BD

analogous

#BD7936 #BDBD36 #79BD36

triadic

#BDBD36 #36BDBD #BD36BD

tetradic

#BDBD36 #36BD79 #3636BD #BD3679

square

#BDBD36 #36BD79 #3636BD #BD3679

split-complementary

#BDBD36 #3679BD #7936BD

monochromatic

#5E5E1B #8D8D28 #BDBD36 #D1D15F #DFDF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BDBD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD36

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD36	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.151 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d076',
    500: '#bdbd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd36;
$custom-light: #d4d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7747,
    "c": 0.15056,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD36

secondary

#8585C9

accent

#49DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD36

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

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