#BDBD45#BDBD45

#BDBD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.140 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD45
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -15.02, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 60.37, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0463 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.14 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2593, 47.6448, 12.7047)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD45 #4545BD

analogous

#BD8145 #BDBD45 #81BD45

triadic

#BDBD45 #45BDBD #BD45BD

tetradic

#BDBD45 #45BD81 #4545BD #BD4581

square

#BDBD45 #45BD81 #4545BD #BD4581

split-complementary

#BDBD45 #4581BD #8145BD

monochromatic

#646424 #919134 #BDBD45 #CDCD72 #DDDD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BDBD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD45

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD45	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	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)

#CCB535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.140 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d07f',
    500: '#bdbd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd45;
$custom-light: #d4d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77586,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD45

secondary

#9494CA

accent

#51D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD45

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

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