#BDBE44#BDBE44

#BDBE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.142 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE44
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 64.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -15.58, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 61.18, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.048 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.142 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4444, 48.0642, 12.6145)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE44 #4544BE

analogous

#BE8244 #BDBE44 #80BE44

triadic

#BDBE44 #44BDBE #BE44BD

tetradic

#BDBE44 #44BE82 #4544BE #BE4480

square

#BDBE44 #44BE82 #4544BE #BE4480

split-complementary

#BDBE44 #4480BE #8244BE

monochromatic

#646523 #919233 #BDBE44 #CDCE71 #DDDE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BDBE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE44

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE44	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)

#CDB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.142 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d17e',
    500: '#bdbe44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe44;
$custom-light: #d4d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.492,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77795,
    "c": 0.14212,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE44

secondary

#9494CA

accent

#50D851

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE44

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

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