#BDBD40#BDBD40

#BDBD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.144 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD40
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -15.32, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 62.37, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0477 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.144 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1106, 47.5853, 11.9215)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD40 #4040BD

analogous

#BD7F40 #BDBD40 #7FBD40

triadic

#BDBD40 #40BDBD #BD40BD

tetradic

#BDBD40 #40BD7F #4040BD #BD407F

square

#BDBD40 #40BD7F #4040BD #BD407F

split-complementary

#BDBD40 #407FBD #7F40BD

monochromatic

#626221 #8F8F31 #BDBD40 #CDCD6D #DDDD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BDBD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD40

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD40	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.144 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d07c',
    500: '#bdbd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd40;
$custom-light: #d4d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77544,
    "c": 0.14399,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD40

secondary

#9090C9

accent

#4FD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD40

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

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