#BDBE47#BDBE47

#BDBE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.140 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE47
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 71)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 62.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -15.40, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 59.96, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0472 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.14 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5383, 48.1018, 13.1091)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE47 #4847BE

analogous

#BE8347 #BDBE47 #81BE47

triadic

#BDBE47 #47BDBE #BE47BD

tetradic

#BDBE47 #47BE83 #4847BE #BE4781

square

#BDBE47 #47BE83 #4847BE #BE4781

split-complementary

#BDBE47 #4781BE #8347BE

monochromatic

#666624 #939434 #BDBE47 #CDCE74 #DDDEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BDBE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE47

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE47	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)

#CCB638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.140 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d180',
    500: '#bdbe47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe47;
$custom-light: #d4d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.504,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77822,
    "c": 0.13984,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE47

secondary

#9796CB

accent

#50D752

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE47

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →