#BDBD3B#BDBD3B

#BDBD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.147 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD3B
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -15.59, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 64.28, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.049 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.147 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9747, 47.5309, 11.2055)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD3B #3B3BBD

analogous

#BD7C3B #BDBD3B #7CBD3B

triadic

#BDBD3B #3BBDBD #BD3BBD

tetradic

#BDBD3B #3BBD7C #3B3BBD #BD3B7C

square

#BDBD3B #3BBD7C #3B3BBD #BD3B7C

split-complementary

#BDBD3B #3B7CBD #7C3BBD

monochromatic

#60601E #8E8E2C #BDBD3B #CFCF66 #DEDE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BDBD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD3B

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD3B	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.147 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d079',
    500: '#bdbd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd3b;
$custom-light: #d4d079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77505,
    "c": 0.14741,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD3B

secondary

#8B8BC9

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD3B

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

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