#BDBE4E#BDBE4E

#BDBE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.134 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE4E
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -14.92, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 56.99, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0451 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.134 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7760, 48.1968, 14.3612)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE4E #4F4EBE

analogous

#BE874E #BDBE4E #85BE4E

triadic

#BDBE4E #4EBDBE #BE4EBD

tetradic

#BDBE4E #4EBE87 #4F4EBE #BE4E85

square

#BDBE4E #4EBE87 #4F4EBE #BE4E85

split-complementary

#BDBE4E #4E85BE #874EBE

monochromatic

#6A6A27 #969738 #BDBE4E #CECE7B #DEDFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BDBE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE4E

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE4E	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)

#CCB741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.134 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d184',
    500: '#bdbe4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe4e;
$custom-light: #d3d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.536,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77889,
    "c": 0.13417,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE4E

secondary

#9C9CCC

accent

#52D653

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE4E

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

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