#BDBD46#BDBD46

#BDBD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; 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	#BDBD46
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -14.95, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 59.96, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.046 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.14 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2906, 47.6573, 12.8696)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD46 #4646BD

analogous

#BD8146 #BDBD46 #81BD46

triadic

#BDBD46 #46BDBD #BD46BD

tetradic

#BDBD46 #46BD81 #4646BD #BD4681

square

#BDBD46 #46BD81 #4646BD #BD4681

split-complementary

#BDBD46 #4681BD #8146BD

monochromatic

#656524 #929234 #BDBD46 #CDCD73 #DDDDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BDBD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD46

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD46	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)

#CCB537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.140 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d07f',
    500: '#bdbd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd46;
$custom-light: #d4d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77595,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD46

secondary

#9595CA

accent

#51D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD46

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

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