#BDBE55#BDBE55

#BDBE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.128 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE55
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -14.39, 51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 53.88, 105.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0428 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.128 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0405, 48.3026, 15.7540)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE55 #5655BE

analogous

#BE8B55 #BDBE55 #89BE55

triadic

#BDBE55 #55BDBE #BE55BD

tetradic

#BDBE55 #55BE8B #5655BE #BE5589

square

#BDBE55 #55BE8B #5655BE #BE5589

split-complementary

#BDBE55 #5589BE #8B55BE

monochromatic

#6E6E2A #9A9B3B #BDBE55 #CECF81 #DFE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BDBE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE55

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE55	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.128 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d188',
    500: '#bdbe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe55;
$custom-light: #d3d188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.571,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77963,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE55

secondary

#A1A1CE

accent

#53D455

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE55

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

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