#BDBD41#BDBD41

#BDBD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.143 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD41
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -15.26, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 61.98, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0474 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.143 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1393, 47.5968, 12.0727)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD41 #4141BD

analogous

#BD7F41 #BDBD41 #7FBD41

triadic

#BDBD41 #41BDBD #BD41BD

tetradic

#BDBD41 #41BD7F #4141BD #BD417F

square

#BDBD41 #41BD7F #4141BD #BD417F

split-complementary

#BDBD41 #417FBD #7F41BD

monochromatic

#626222 #8F8F31 #BDBD41 #CDCD6E #DDDD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BDBD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD41

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD41	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)

#CCB530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.143 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d07c',
    500: '#bdbd41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd41;
$custom-light: #d4d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77552,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD41

secondary

#9191C9

accent

#4FD84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD41

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

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