#BDBE4D#BDBE4D

#BDBE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.135 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE4D
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 77)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 59.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -14.99, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 57.42, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0454 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.135 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7405, 48.1826, 14.1738)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE4D #4E4DBE

analogous

#BE874D #BDBE4D #85BE4D

triadic

#BDBE4D #4DBDBE #BE4DBD

tetradic

#BDBE4D #4DBE87 #4E4DBE #BE4D85

square

#BDBE4D #4DBE87 #4E4DBE #BE4D85

split-complementary

#BDBE4D #4D85BE #874DBE

monochromatic

#696A27 #969737 #BDBE4D #CECE7A #DEDFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BDBE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE4D

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE4D	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.135 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d183',
    500: '#bdbe4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe4d;
$custom-light: #d3d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.531,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77879,
    "c": 0.135,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE4D

secondary

#9B9BCC

accent

#52D653

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE4D

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

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