#BDBD4D#BDBD4D

#BDBD4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.134 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD4D
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 77)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -14.48, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 57.00, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0439 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.134 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5246, 47.7509, 14.1019)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD4D #4D4DBD

analogous

#BD854D #BDBD4D #85BD4D

triadic

#BDBD4D #4DBDBD #BD4DBD

tetradic

#BDBD4D #4DBD85 #4D4DBD #BD4D85

square

#BDBD4D #4DBD85 #4D4DBD #BD4D85

split-complementary

#BDBD4D #4D85BD #854DBD

monochromatic

#696927 #959537 #BDBD4D #CECE7A #DEDEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BDBD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD4D

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD4D	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.134 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d083',
    500: '#bdbd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd4d;
$custom-light: #d3d083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77661,
    "c": 0.13393,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD4D

secondary

#9A9ACB

accent

#52D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD4D

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

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