#BDBE4F#BDBE4F

#BDBE4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.133 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE4F
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 79)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 58.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -14.85, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 56.55, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0447 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.133 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8122, 48.2113, 14.5515)
Luminance	0.4821 (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

#BDBE4F #504FBE

analogous

#BE884F #BDBE4F #85BE4F

triadic

#BDBE4F #4FBDBE #BE4FBD

tetradic

#BDBE4F #4FBE88 #504FBE #BE4F85

square

#BDBE4F #4FBE88 #504FBE #BE4F85

split-complementary

#BDBE4F #4F85BE #884FBE

monochromatic

#6A6B28 #979838 #BDBE4F #CECF7C #DFDFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BDBE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE4F

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE4F	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)

#CCB743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.133 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d185',
    500: '#bdbe4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe4f;
$custom-light: #d3d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.541,
    "s": 46.058,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77899,
    "c": 0.13332,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE4F

secondary

#9D9CCC

accent

#52D653

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE4F

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

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