#BDBD52#BDBD52

#BDBD52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.130 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD52
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -14.12, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 54.80, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0424 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.13 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7080, 47.8243, 15.0676)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD52 #5252BD

analogous

#BD8752 #BDBD52 #87BD52

triadic

#BDBD52 #52BDBD #BD52BD

tetradic

#BDBD52 #52BD87 #5252BD #BD5287

square

#BDBD52 #52BD87 #5252BD #BD5287

split-complementary

#BDBD52 #5287BD #8752BD

monochromatic

#6C6C29 #98983A #BDBD52 #CECE7E #DFDFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BDBD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD52

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD52	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.130 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d086',
    500: '#bdbd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd52;
$custom-light: #d3d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77713,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD52

secondary

#9E9ECC

accent

#53D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD52

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

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