#BDBE36#BDBE36

#BDBE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.152 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE36
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -16.35, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 66.46, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0515 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.152 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0670, 47.9132, 10.6269)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE36 #3736BE

analogous

#BE7B36 #BDBE36 #79BE36

triadic

#BDBE36 #36BDBE #BE36BD

tetradic

#BDBE36 #36BE7B #3736BE #BE3679

square

#BDBE36 #36BE7B #3736BE #BE3679

split-complementary

#BDBE36 #3679BE #7B36BE

monochromatic

#5E5F1B #8E8E28 #BDBE36 #D1D260 #DFDF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BDBE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE36

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE36	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	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)

#CDB61D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.152 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d176',
    500: '#bdbe36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe36;
$custom-light: #d4d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.441,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77689,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE36

secondary

#8686CA

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE36

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

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