#BDBD47#BDBD47

#BDBD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.139 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD47
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 71)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -14.89, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 59.55, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0457 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.139 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3225, 47.6701, 13.0372)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD47 #4747BD

analogous

#BD8247 #BDBD47 #82BD47

triadic

#BDBD47 #47BDBD #BD47BD

tetradic

#BDBD47 #47BD82 #4747BD #BD4782

square

#BDBD47 #47BD82 #4747BD #BD4782

split-complementary

#BDBD47 #4782BD #8247BD

monochromatic

#656524 #929234 #BDBD47 #CDCD74 #DDDDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BDBD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD47

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD47	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)

#CBB538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.139 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d080',
    500: '#bdbd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd47;
$custom-light: #d4d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77604,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD47

secondary

#9696CA

accent

#51D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD47

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

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