#BDBD53#BDBD53

#BDBD53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.129 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD53
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -14.04, 52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 54.36, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.042 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.129 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7463, 47.8396, 15.2695)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD53 #5353BD

analogous

#BD8853 #BDBD53 #88BD53

triadic

#BDBD53 #53BDBD #BD53BD

tetradic

#BDBD53 #53BD88 #5353BD #BD5388

square

#BDBD53 #53BD88 #5353BD #BD5388

split-complementary

#BDBD53 #5388BD #8853BD

monochromatic

#6C6C29 #98983A #BDBD53 #CECE7F #DFDFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BDBD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD53

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD53	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.129 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d087',
    500: '#bdbd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd53;
$custom-light: #d3d087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77724,
    "c": 0.12874,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD53

secondary

#9F9FCD

accent

#54D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD53

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

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