#BDBD3E#BDBD3E

#BDBD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.145 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD3E
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -15.43, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 63.15, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.0482 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.145 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0547, 47.5630, 11.6271)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD3E #3E3EBD

analogous

#BD7E3E #BDBD3E #7EBD3E

triadic

#BDBD3E #3EBDBD #BD3EBD

tetradic

#BDBD3E #3EBD7E #3E3EBD #BD3E7E

square

#BDBD3E #3EBD7E #3E3EBD #BD3E7E

split-complementary

#BDBD3E #3E7EBD #7E3EBD

monochromatic

#616120 #8F8F2F #BDBD3E #CECE6A #DDDD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BDBD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD3E

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD3E	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)

#CCB52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.145 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d07b',
    500: '#bdbd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd3e;
$custom-light: #d4d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77528,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD3E

secondary

#8E8EC9

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD3E

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

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