#BDBE23#BDBE23

#BDBE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.161 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE23
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 81.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -17.09, 70.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 72.19, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0552 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.161 110)
XYZ	xyz(39.7046, 47.7683, 8.7185)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE23 #2423BE

analogous

#BE7223 #BDBE23 #70BE23

triadic

#BDBE23 #23BDBE #BE23BD

tetradic

#BDBE23 #23BE72 #2423BE #BE2370

square

#BDBE23 #23BE72 #2423BE #BE2370

split-complementary

#BDBE23 #2370BE #7223BE

monochromatic

#565710 #8A8A19 #BDBE23 #DBDC42 #E5E676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BDBE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE23

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE23	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)

#CFBA32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.161 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d16e',
    500: '#bdbe23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe23;
$custom-light: #d5d16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.387,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77586,
    "c": 0.16106,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.47767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE23

secondary

#7070CD

accent

#3CEC3D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE23

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

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