#BDBD3D#BDBD3D

#BDBD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.146 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD3D
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 61)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -15.48, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 63.53, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0485 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.146 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0275, 47.5521, 11.4839)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD3D #3D3DBD

analogous

#BD7D3D #BDBD3D #7DBD3D

triadic

#BDBD3D #3DBDBD #BD3DBD

tetradic

#BDBD3D #3DBD7D #3D3DBD #BD3D7D

square

#BDBD3D #3DBD7D #3D3DBD #BD3D7D

split-complementary

#BDBD3D #3D7DBD #7D3DBD

monochromatic

#60601F #8F8F2E #BDBD3D #CECE69 #DDDD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BDBD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD3D

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD3D	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)

#CCB529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.146 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d07a',
    500: '#bdbd3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd3d;
$custom-light: #d4d07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7752,
    "c": 0.14608,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD3D

secondary

#8D8DC9

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD3D

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

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