#BDBE41#BDBE41

#BDBE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.144 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE41
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 65.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -15.76, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 62.38, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0488 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.144 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3552, 48.0285, 12.1446)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE41 #4241BE

analogous

#BE8141 #BDBE41 #7EBE41

triadic

#BDBE41 #41BDBE #BE41BD

tetradic

#BDBE41 #41BE81 #4241BE #BE417E

square

#BDBE41 #41BE81 #4241BE #BE417E

split-complementary

#BDBE41 #417EBE #8141BE

monochromatic

#626322 #909031 #BDBE41 #CDCE6F #DDDD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BDBE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE41

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE41	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.144 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d17c',
    500: '#bdbe41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe41;
$custom-light: #d4d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.48,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7777,
    "c": 0.14431,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE41

secondary

#9291C9

accent

#4FD950

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE41

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

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