#BDBE45#BDBE45

#BDBE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.141 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE45
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -15.52, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 60.78, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0477 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.141 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4752, 48.0765, 12.7767)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE45 #4645BE

analogous

#BE8245 #BDBE45 #80BE45

triadic

#BDBE45 #45BDBE #BE45BD

tetradic

#BDBE45 #45BE82 #4645BE #BE4580

square

#BDBE45 #45BE82 #4645BE #BE4580

split-complementary

#BDBE45 #4580BE #8245BE

monochromatic

#656523 #929333 #BDBE45 #CDCE72 #DDDEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BDBE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE45

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE45	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.141 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d17f',
    500: '#bdbe45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe45;
$custom-light: #d4d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.496,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77804,
    "c": 0.14137,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE45

secondary

#9595CA

accent

#50D851

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE45

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

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