#BDBE1E#BDBE1E

#BDBE1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.163 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE1E
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 84%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 84.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -17.23, 71.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 73.37, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0559 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.163 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6356, 47.7407, 8.3551)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE1E #1F1EBE

analogous

#BE6F1E #BDBE1E #6DBE1E

triadic

#BDBE1E #1EBDBE #BE1EBD

tetradic

#BDBE1E #1EBE6F #1F1EBE #BE1E6D

square

#BDBE1E #1EBE6F #1F1EBE #BE1E6D

split-complementary

#BDBE1E #1E6DBE #6F1EBE

monochromatic

#54540D #888916 #BDBE1E #DFE039 #E7E86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBE1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BDBE1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE1E

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE1E	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.163 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d16c',
    500: '#bdbe1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe1e;
$custom-light: #d5d16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.375,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77567,
    "c": 0.16292,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE1E

secondary

#6A69CE

accent

#38EF3A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE1E

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

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