#BDBE33#BDBE33

#BDBE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.153 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE33
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -16.49, 65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 67.48, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.0522 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.153 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9987, 47.8859, 10.2672)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE33 #3433BE

analogous

#BE7A33 #BDBE33 #77BE33

triadic

#BDBE33 #33BDBE #BE33BD

tetradic

#BDBE33 #33BE7A #3433BE #BE3377

square

#BDBE33 #33BE7A #3433BE #BE3377

split-complementary

#BDBE33 #3377BE #7A33BE

monochromatic

#5D5E19 #8D8E26 #BDBE33 #D2D35B #DFE08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BDBE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE33

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE33	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.153 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d175',
    500: '#bdbe33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe33;
$custom-light: #d5d175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77669,
    "c": 0.15332,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE33

secondary

#8383CA

accent

#47E148

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE33

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

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