#BDBE21#BDBE21

#BDBE21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.162 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BDBE21
RGBrgb(189, 190, 33)
HSLhsl(60, 70%, 44%)
HSVhsv(60, 83%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0.5%, 0%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.67, -17.14, 70.63)
CIE-LCHlch(74.67, 72.68, 103.64°)
OKLaboklab(77.58% -0.0555 0.152)
OKLCHoklch(77.58% 0.162 110)
XYZxyz(39.6758, 47.7567, 8.5665)
Luminance0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BDBE21 #2221BE
analogous
#BE7021 #BDBE21 #6EBE21
triadic
#BDBE21 #21BDBE #BE21BD
tetradic
#BDBE21 #21BE70 #2221BE #BE216E
square
#BDBE21 #21BE70 #2221BE #BE216E
split-complementary
#BDBE21 #216EBE #7021BE
monochromatic
#55560F #898A18 #BDBE21 #DDDE3F #E6E773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#BDBE21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55
#BDBE21 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE21
10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BDBE21#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BDBE211.001.9910.5510.55
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5521.001.001.00
##00000010.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB500
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBA31
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CBB1A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bdbe21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.162 110.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d16d',
    500: '#bdbe21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bdbe21;
$custom-light: #d5d16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bdbe21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.382,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77578,
    "c": 0.16184,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BDBE21
secondary
#6E6DCD
accent
#3BED3C
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9ED
border
#D4D2C8
text
#151408
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE21

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#BDBE21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva