#BDBD44#BDBD44

#BDBD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.141 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD44
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -15.08, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 60.78, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0466 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.141 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2285, 47.6325, 12.5426)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD44 #4444BD

analogous

#BD8044 #BDBD44 #80BD44

triadic

#BDBD44 #44BDBD #BD44BD

tetradic

#BDBD44 #44BD80 #4444BD #BD4480

square

#BDBD44 #44BD80 #4444BD #BD4480

split-complementary

#BDBD44 #4480BD #8044BD

monochromatic

#636323 #919133 #BDBD44 #CDCD71 #DDDD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDBD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BDBD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD44

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD44	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.141 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d07e',
    500: '#bdbd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd44;
$custom-light: #d4d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77577,
    "c": 0.14108,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD44

secondary

#9393C9

accent

#50D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD44

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

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