#BDBE34#BDBE34

#BDBE34 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	#BDBE34
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 52)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 72.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -16.44, 65.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 67.15, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.052 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.153 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0210, 47.8948, 10.3846)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE34 #3534BE

analogous

#BE7A34 #BDBE34 #78BE34

triadic

#BDBE34 #34BDBE #BE34BD

tetradic

#BDBE34 #34BE7A #3534BE #BE3478

square

#BDBE34 #34BE7A #3534BE #BE3478

split-complementary

#BDBE34 #3478BE #7A34BE

monochromatic

#5D5E1A #8D8E27 #BDBE34 #D2D35D #DFE08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDBE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BDBE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE34

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE34	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)

#CDB618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.153 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d175',
    500: '#bdbe34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe34;
$custom-light: #d4d175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.435,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77676,
    "c": 0.15274,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE34

secondary

#8484CA

accent

#48E049

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE34

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

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