#BDBE43#BDBE43

#BDBE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.143 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE43
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 67)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 64.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -15.65, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 61.59, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0483 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.143 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4141, 48.0521, 12.4552)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE43 #4443BE

analogous

#BE8243 #BDBE43 #7FBE43

triadic

#BDBE43 #43BDBE #BE43BD

tetradic

#BDBE43 #43BE82 #4443BE #BE437F

square

#BDBE43 #43BE82 #4443BE #BE437F

split-complementary

#BDBE43 #437FBE #8243BE

monochromatic

#636423 #919132 #BDBE43 #CDCE70 #DDDD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BDBE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE43

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE43	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)

#CDB632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.143 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d17d',
    500: '#bdbe43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe43;
$custom-light: #d4d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.488,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77787,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE43

secondary

#9393CA

accent

#50D851

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE43

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

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