#BDBE4C#BDBE4C

#BDBE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.136 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE4C
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 76)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 60%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -15.06, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 57.85, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0457 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.136 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7054, 48.1686, 13.9893)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE4C #4D4CBE

analogous

#BE864C #BDBE4C #84BE4C

triadic

#BDBE4C #4CBDBE #BE4CBD

tetradic

#BDBE4C #4CBE86 #4D4CBE #BE4C84

square

#BDBE4C #4CBE86 #4D4CBE #BE4C84

split-complementary

#BDBE4C #4C84BE #864CBE

monochromatic

#696926 #959637 #BDBE4C #CECE79 #DEDFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BDBE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE4C

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE4C	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	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)

#CCB63F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.136 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d183',
    500: '#bdbe4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe4c;
$custom-light: #d4d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.526,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77869,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE4C

secondary

#9A9ACC

accent

#51D653

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE4C

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

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