#BDBE49#BDBE49

#BDBE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.138 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE49
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -15.26, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 59.13, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0466 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.138 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6035, 48.1278, 13.4528)
Luminance	0.4813 (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

#BDBE49 #4A49BE

analogous

#BE8549 #BDBE49 #83BE49

triadic

#BDBE49 #49BDBE #BE49BD

tetradic

#BDBE49 #49BE85 #4A49BE #BE4983

square

#BDBE49 #49BE85 #4A49BE #BE4983

split-complementary

#BDBE49 #4983BE #8549BE

monochromatic

#676825 #949535 #BDBE49 #CDCE76 #DEDEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BDBE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE49

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE49	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.138 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d181',
    500: '#bdbe49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe49;
$custom-light: #d4d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.513,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7784,
    "c": 0.13826,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE49

secondary

#9898CB

accent

#51D752

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE49

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

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