#BDBE56#BDBE56

#BDBE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.127 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE56
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -14.31, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 53.43, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0425 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.127 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0805, 48.3186, 15.9647)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE56 #5756BE

analogous

#BE8B56 #BDBE56 #89BE56

triadic

#BDBE56 #56BDBE #BE56BD

tetradic

#BDBE56 #56BE8B #5756BE #BE5689

square

#BDBE56 #56BE8B #5756BE #BE5689

split-complementary

#BDBE56 #5689BE #8B56BE

monochromatic

#6E6F2B #9A9B3C #BDBE56 #CECF82 #E0E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BDBE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE56

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE56	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)

#CBB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.127 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d189',
    500: '#bdbe56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe56;
$custom-light: #d3d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.577,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77974,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE56

secondary

#A2A2CE

accent

#54D455

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE56

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

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