#BDBD60#BDBD60

#BDBD60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.116 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD60
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 49.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -12.95, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 48.33, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0376 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.116 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2961, 48.0595, 18.1651)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD60 #6060BD

analogous

#BD8E60 #BDBD60 #8EBD60

triadic

#BDBD60 #60BDBD #BD60BD

tetradic

#BDBD60 #60BD8E #6060BD #BD608E

square

#BDBD60 #60BD8E #6060BD #BD608E

split-complementary

#BDBD60 #608EBD #8E60BD

monochromatic

#737330 #9E9E42 #BDBD60 #CFCF8B #E1E1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BDBD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD60

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD60	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.116 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d08f',
    500: '#bdbd60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd60;
$custom-light: #d3d08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7788,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD60

secondary

#A9A9D0

accent

#57D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD60

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

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