#BDBE42#BDBE42

#BDBE42 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	#BDBE42
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -15.71, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 61.98, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0486 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.144 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3844, 48.0402, 12.2986)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE42 #4342BE

analogous

#BE8142 #BDBE42 #7FBE42

triadic

#BDBE42 #42BDBE #BE42BD

tetradic

#BDBE42 #42BE81 #4342BE #BE427F

square

#BDBE42 #42BE81 #4342BE #BE427F

split-complementary

#BDBE42 #427FBE #8142BE

monochromatic

#636322 #909132 #BDBE42 #CDCE70 #DDDD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BDBE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE42

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE42	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)

#CDB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.144 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d17d',
    500: '#bdbe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe42;
$custom-light: #d4d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.484,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77778,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE42

secondary

#9392CA

accent

#4FD851

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE42

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

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