#BDBD4A#BDBD4A

#BDBD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.136 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD4A
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -14.69, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 58.29, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0448 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.136 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4211, 47.7095, 13.5568)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD4A #4A4ABD

analogous

#BD844A #BDBD4A #84BD4A

triadic

#BDBD4A #4ABDBD #BD4ABD

tetradic

#BDBD4A #4ABD84 #4A4ABD #BD4A84

square

#BDBD4A #4ABD84 #4A4ABD #BD4A84

split-complementary

#BDBD4A #4A84BD #844ABD

monochromatic

#676726 #949436 #BDBD4A #CDCD77 #DEDEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BDBD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD4A

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD4A	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)

#CBB63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.136 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d081',
    500: '#bdbd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd4a;
$custom-light: #d4d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77632,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD4A

secondary

#9898CB

accent

#52D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD4A

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

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