#BDBE3B#BDBE3B

#BDBE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.148 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE3B
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -16.10, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 64.66, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0504 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.148 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1905, 47.9626, 11.2774)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE3B #3C3BBE

analogous

#BE7E3B #BDBE3B #7CBE3B

triadic

#BDBE3B #3BBDBE #BE3BBD

tetradic

#BDBE3B #3BBE7E #3C3BBE #BE3B7C

square

#BDBE3B #3BBE7E #3C3BBE #BE3B7C

split-complementary

#BDBE3B #3B7CBE #7E3BBE

monochromatic

#60611E #8F8F2C #BDBE3B #CFD067 #DEDE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BDBE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE3B

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE3B	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)

#CDB626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.148 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d179',
    500: '#bdbe3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe3b;
$custom-light: #d4d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77724,
    "c": 0.14843,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE3B

secondary

#8C8BCA

accent

#4CDC4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE3B

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

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