#BDBD59#BDBD59

#BDBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.123 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD59
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -13.56, 49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 51.62, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.04 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.123 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.9881, 47.9363, 16.5427)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD59 #5959BD

analogous

#BD8B59 #BDBD59 #8BBD59

triadic

#BDBD59 #59BDBD #BD59BD

tetradic

#BDBD59 #59BD8B #5959BD #BD598B

square

#BDBD59 #59BD8B #5959BD #BD598B

split-complementary

#BDBD59 #598BBD #8B59BD

monochromatic

#6F6F2C #9B9B3E #BDBD59 #CECE85 #E0E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BDBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD59

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD59	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.123 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d08b',
    500: '#bdbd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd59;
$custom-light: #d3d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77792,
    "c": 0.12322,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.47935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD59

secondary

#A4A4CE

accent

#55D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD59

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

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