#BDBE3E#BDBE3E

#BDBE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.146 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE3E
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -15.93, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 63.54, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0496 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.146 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2706, 47.9947, 11.6991)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE3E #3F3EBE

analogous

#BE7F3E #BDBE3E #7DBE3E

triadic

#BDBE3E #3EBDBE #BE3EBD

tetradic

#BDBE3E #3EBE7F #3F3EBE #BE3E7D

square

#BDBE3E #3EBE7F #3F3EBE #BE3E7D

split-complementary

#BDBE3E #3E7DBE #7F3EBE

monochromatic

#616220 #8F902F #BDBE3E #CECF6B #DDDE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BDBE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE3E

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE3E	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)

#CDB62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.146 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d17b',
    500: '#bdbe3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe3e;
$custom-light: #d4d17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.469,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77746,
    "c": 0.14641,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE3E

secondary

#8F8EC9

accent

#4EDA4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE3E

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

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