#BDBE37#BDBE37

#BDBE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.151 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE37
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -16.30, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 66.11, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0513 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.151 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0907, 47.9227, 10.7518)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE37 #3837BE

analogous

#BE7B37 #BDBE37 #7ABE37

triadic

#BDBE37 #37BDBE #BE37BD

tetradic

#BDBE37 #37BE7B #3837BE #BE377A

square

#BDBE37 #37BE7B #3837BE #BE377A

split-complementary

#BDBE37 #377ABE #7B37BE

monochromatic

#5F5F1C #8E8F29 #BDBE37 #D0D161 #DEDF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BDBE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE37

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE37	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)

#CDB61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.151 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d177',
    500: '#bdbe37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe37;
$custom-light: #d4d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77695,
    "c": 0.15095,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE37

secondary

#8787CA

accent

#49DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE37

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

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