#BDBD4B#BDBD4B

#BDBD4B 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	#BDBD4B
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 75)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -14.62, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 57.87, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0445 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.136 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4551, 47.7231, 13.7357)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD4B #4B4BBD

analogous

#BD844B #BDBD4B #84BD4B

triadic

#BDBD4B #4BBDBD #BD4BBD

tetradic

#BDBD4B #4BBD84 #4B4BBD #BD4B84

square

#BDBD4B #4BBD84 #4B4BBD #BD4B84

split-complementary

#BDBD4B #4B84BD #844BBD

monochromatic

#686826 #949436 #BDBD4B #CDCD78 #DEDEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BDBD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD4B

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD4B	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)

#CBB63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.136 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d082',
    500: '#bdbd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd4b;
$custom-light: #d4d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77642,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD4B

secondary

#9999CB

accent

#52D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD4B

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

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