#BDBE40#BDBE40

#BDBE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.145 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE40
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -15.82, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 62.77, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0491 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.145 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3265, 48.0170, 11.9934)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE40 #4140BE

analogous

#BE8040 #BDBE40 #7EBE40

triadic

#BDBE40 #40BDBE #BE40BD

tetradic

#BDBE40 #40BE80 #4140BE #BE407E

square

#BDBE40 #40BE80 #4140BE #BE407E

split-complementary

#BDBE40 #407EBE #8040BE

monochromatic

#626221 #8F9031 #BDBE40 #CDCE6D #DDDD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BDBE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE40

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE40	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)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.145 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d17c',
    500: '#bdbe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe40;
$custom-light: #d4d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.476,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77762,
    "c": 0.14502,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE40

secondary

#9190C9

accent

#4FD950

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE40

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

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