#BDBE3D#BDBE3D

#BDBE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.147 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE3D
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 61)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 67.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -15.99, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 63.92, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.0499 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.147 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2434, 47.9838, 11.5559)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE3D #3E3DBE

analogous

#BE7F3D #BDBE3D #7DBE3D

triadic

#BDBE3D #3DBDBE #BE3DBD

tetradic

#BDBE3D #3DBE7F #3E3DBE #BE3D7D

square

#BDBE3D #3DBE7F #3E3DBE #BE3D7D

split-complementary

#BDBE3D #3D7DBE #7F3DBE

monochromatic

#61611F #8F902E #BDBE3D #CECF69 #DDDE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BDBE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE3D

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE3D	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.147 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d17a',
    500: '#bdbe3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe3d;
$custom-light: #d4d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.465,
    "s": 51.394,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77739,
    "c": 0.14709,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE3D

secondary

#8E8DC9

accent

#4DDB4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE3D

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

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