#BDBE50#BDBE50

#BDBE50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.132 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE50
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -14.77, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 56.12, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0444 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.132 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8488, 48.2260, 14.7446)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE50 #5150BE

analogous

#BE8850 #BDBE50 #86BE50

triadic

#BDBE50 #50BDBE #BE50BD

tetradic

#BDBE50 #50BE88 #5150BE #BE5086

square

#BDBE50 #50BE88 #5150BE #BE5086

split-complementary

#BDBE50 #5086BE #8850BE

monochromatic

#6B6C28 #979839 #BDBE50 #CECF7D #DFDFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BDBE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE50

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE50	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.132 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d185',
    500: '#bdbe50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe50;
$custom-light: #d3d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.545,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77909,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE50

secondary

#9E9DCD

accent

#52D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE50

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

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