#BDBE53#BDBE53

#BDBE53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.130 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE53
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 56.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -14.55, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 54.78, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0435 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.13 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9622, 48.2713, 15.3414)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE53 #5453BE

analogous

#BE8953 #BDBE53 #87BE53

triadic

#BDBE53 #53BDBE #BE53BD

tetradic

#BDBE53 #53BE89 #5453BE #BE5387

square

#BDBE53 #53BE89 #5453BE #BE5387

split-complementary

#BDBE53 #5387BE #8953BE

monochromatic

#6D6D29 #999A3A #BDBE53 #CECF7F #DFE0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BDBE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE53

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE53	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)

#CCB748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.130 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d187',
    500: '#bdbe53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe53;
$custom-light: #d3d187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.561,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77941,
    "c": 0.12983,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE53

secondary

#A09FCD

accent

#53D554

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE53

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

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