#BDBD42#BDBD42

#BDBD42 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	#BDBD42
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -15.20, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 61.58, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0471 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.143 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1685, 47.6085, 12.2266)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD42 #4242BD

analogous

#BD8042 #BDBD42 #80BD42

triadic

#BDBD42 #42BDBD #BD42BD

tetradic

#BDBD42 #42BD80 #4242BD #BD4280

square

#BDBD42 #42BD80 #4242BD #BD4280

split-complementary

#BDBD42 #427FBD #7F42BD

monochromatic

#626222 #909032 #BDBD42 #CDCD6F #DDDD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BDBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD42

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD42	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)

#CCB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.143 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d07d',
    500: '#bdbd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd42;
$custom-light: #d4d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7756,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD42

secondary

#9292C9

accent

#50D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD42

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

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