#BDBD62#BDBD62

#BDBD62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.114 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBD62
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 48.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -12.77, 45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 47.37, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0368 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.114 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3894, 48.0968, 18.6562)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBD62 #6262BD

analogous

#BD9062 #BDBD62 #90BD62

triadic

#BDBD62 #62BDBD #BD62BD

tetradic

#BDBD62 #62BD90 #6262BD #BD6290

square

#BDBD62 #62BD90 #6262BD #BD6290

split-complementary

#BDBD62 #6290BD #9062BD

monochromatic

#747431 #9F9F43 #BDBD62 #CFCF8D #E1E1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BDBD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBD62

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBD62	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.114 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d091',
    500: '#bdbd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbd62;
$custom-light: #d3d091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77906,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBD62

secondary

#ABABD0

accent

#57D157

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBD62

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

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