#BDBE3C#BDBE3C

#BDBE3C 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	#BDBE3C
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 60)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 68.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -16.04, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 64.29, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0501 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.148 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2167, 47.9731, 11.4153)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE3C #3D3CBE

analogous

#BE7E3C #BDBE3C #7CBE3C

triadic

#BDBE3C #3CBDBE #BE3CBD

tetradic

#BDBE3C #3CBE7E #3D3CBE #BE3C7C

square

#BDBE3C #3CBE7E #3D3CBE #BE3C7C

split-complementary

#BDBE3C #3C7CBE #7E3CBE

monochromatic

#60611F #8F8F2D #BDBE3C #CECF68 #DDDE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BDBE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE3C

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE3C	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)

#CDB628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.148 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d17a',
    500: '#bdbe3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe3c;
$custom-light: #d4d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.462,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77731,
    "c": 0.14776,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE3C

secondary

#8D8CCA

accent

#4CDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE3C

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

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