#BDBD48#BDBD48

#BDBD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.138 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD48
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -14.82, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 59.13, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0454 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.138 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3548, 47.6830, 13.2076)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD48 #4848BD

analogous

#BD8248 #BDBD48 #82BD48

triadic

#BDBD48 #48BDBD #BD48BD

tetradic

#BDBD48 #48BD82 #4848BD #BD4882

square

#BDBD48 #48BD82 #4848BD #BD4882

split-complementary

#BDBD48 #4882BD #8248BD

monochromatic

#666625 #939335 #BDBD48 #CDCD75 #DDDDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BDBD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD48

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD48	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.138 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d080',
    500: '#bdbd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd48;
$custom-light: #d4d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77613,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD48

secondary

#9797CA

accent

#51D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD48

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

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