#BDBD37#BDBD37

#BDBD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.150 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD37
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -15.79, 63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 65.73, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0499 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.15 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8749, 47.4910, 10.6799)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD37 #3737BD

analogous

#BD7A37 #BDBD37 #7ABD37

triadic

#BDBD37 #37BDBD #BD37BD

tetradic

#BDBD37 #37BD7A #3737BD #BD377A

square

#BDBD37 #37BD7A #3737BD #BD377A

split-complementary

#BDBD37 #377ABD #7A37BD

monochromatic

#5E5E1B #8E8E29 #BDBD37 #D1D160 #DFDF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BDBD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD37

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD37	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)

#CCB51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.150 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d077',
    500: '#bdbd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd37;
$custom-light: #d4d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77477,
    "c": 0.14995,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD37

secondary

#8686C9

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD37

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

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