#BDBE38#BDBE38

#BDBE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.150 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE38
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -16.25, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 65.75, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0511 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.15 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1149, 47.9324, 10.8794)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE38 #3938BE

analogous

#BE7C38 #BDBE38 #7ABE38

triadic

#BDBE38 #38BDBE #BE38BD

tetradic

#BDBE38 #38BE7C #3938BE #BE387A

square

#BDBE38 #38BE7C #3938BE #BE387A

split-complementary

#BDBE38 #387ABE #7C38BE

monochromatic

#5F5F1C #8E8F2A #BDBE38 #D0D162 #DEDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BDBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE38

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE38	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.150 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d178',
    500: '#bdbe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe38;
$custom-light: #d4d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.448,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77702,
    "c": 0.15034,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE38

secondary

#8988CA

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE38

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

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