#BDBE3A#BDBE3A

#BDBE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.149 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE3A
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 69.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -16.15, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 65.03, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0506 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.149 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1648, 47.9524, 11.1421)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE3A #3B3ABE

analogous

#BE7D3A #BDBE3A #7BBE3A

triadic

#BDBE3A #3ABDBE #BE3ABD

tetradic

#BDBE3A #3ABE7D #3B3ABE #BE3A7B

square

#BDBE3A #3ABE7D #3B3ABE #BE3A7B

split-complementary

#BDBE3A #3A7BBE #7D3ABE

monochromatic

#60601D #8E8F2C #BDBE3A #CFD065 #DEDE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BDBE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE3A

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE3A	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)

#CDB624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.149 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d179',
    500: '#bdbe3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe3a;
$custom-light: #d4d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.455,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77716,
    "c": 0.14908,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE3A

secondary

#8B8ACA

accent

#4BDD4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE3A

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

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