#BDBE4A#BDBE4A

#BDBE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.137 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE4A
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 61.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -15.20, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 58.70, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0463 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.137 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6370, 48.1412, 13.6288)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE4A #4B4ABE

analogous

#BE854A #BDBE4A #83BE4A

triadic

#BDBE4A #4ABDBE #BE4ABD

tetradic

#BDBE4A #4ABE85 #4B4ABE #BE4A83

square

#BDBE4A #4ABE85 #4B4ABE #BE4A83

split-complementary

#BDBE4A #4A83BE #854ABE

monochromatic

#686825 #949536 #BDBE4A #CDCE77 #DEDEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDBE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BDBE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE4A

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE4A	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)

#CCB63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.137 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d182',
    500: '#bdbe4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe4a;
$custom-light: #d4d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.517,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77849,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE4A

secondary

#9998CB

accent

#51D752

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE4A

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

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