#BDBE52#BDBE52

#BDBE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.131 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE52
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -14.62, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 55.23, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0438 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.131 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9238, 48.2560, 15.1396)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE52 #5352BE

analogous

#BE8952 #BDBE52 #87BE52

triadic

#BDBE52 #52BDBE #BE52BD

tetradic

#BDBE52 #52BE89 #5352BE #BE5287

square

#BDBE52 #52BE89 #5352BE #BE5287

split-complementary

#BDBE52 #5287BE #8952BE

monochromatic

#6C6D29 #98993A #BDBE52 #CECF7E #DFDFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BDBE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE52

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE52	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)

#CCB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.131 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d186',
    500: '#bdbe52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe52;
$custom-light: #d3d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.556,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7793,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE52

secondary

#9F9FCD

accent

#53D554

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE52

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

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