#BDBD57#BDBD57

#BDBD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.125 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD57
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -13.72, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 52.54, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0407 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.125 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.9052, 47.9032, 16.1064)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD57 #5757BD

analogous

#BD8A57 #BDBD57 #8ABD57

triadic

#BDBD57 #57BDBD #BD57BD

tetradic

#BDBD57 #57BD8A #5757BD #BD578A

square

#BDBD57 #57BD8A #5757BD #BD578A

split-complementary

#BDBD57 #578ABD #8A57BD

monochromatic

#6E6E2B #9A9A3D #BDBD57 #CECE83 #E0E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BDBD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD57

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD57	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.125 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d08a',
    500: '#bdbd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd57;
$custom-light: #d3d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77769,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.47902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD57

secondary

#A2A2CE

accent

#54D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD57

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

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