#BDBE51#BDBE51

#BDBE51 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	#BDBE51
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -14.70, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 55.67, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0441 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.132 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8860, 48.2409, 14.9406)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE51 #5251BE

analogous

#BE8851 #BDBE51 #87BE51

triadic

#BDBE51 #51BDBE #BE51BD

tetradic

#BDBE51 #51BE88 #5251BE #BE5187

square

#BDBE51 #51BE88 #5251BE #BE5187

split-complementary

#BDBE51 #5187BE #8851BE

monochromatic

#6C6C28 #989939 #BDBE51 #CECF7E #DFDFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BDBE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE51

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE51	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)

#CCB745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.132 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d186',
    500: '#bdbe51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe51;
$custom-light: #d3d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.55,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7792,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE51

secondary

#9E9ECD

accent

#53D554

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE51

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

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