#BDBE46#BDBE46

#BDBE46 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	#BDBE46
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 63.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -15.46, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 60.37, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0474 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.141 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5065, 48.0890, 12.9415)
Luminance	0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE46 #4746BE

analogous

#BE8346 #BDBE46 #81BE46

triadic

#BDBE46 #46BDBE #BE46BD

tetradic

#BDBE46 #46BE83 #4746BE #BE4681

square

#BDBE46 #46BE83 #4746BE #BE4681

split-complementary

#BDBE46 #4681BE #8346BE

monochromatic

#656624 #929334 #BDBE46 #CDCE73 #DDDEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BDBE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE46

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE46	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)

#CCB637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.141 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d17f',
    500: '#bdbe46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe46;
$custom-light: #d4d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77813,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE46

secondary

#9695CA

accent

#50D851

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE46

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

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