#BDBE57#BDBE57

#BDBE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.126 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE57
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -14.23, 51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 52.98, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0421 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.126 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1211, 48.3349, 16.1784)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE57 #5857BE

analogous

#BE8C57 #BDBE57 #89BE57

triadic

#BDBE57 #57BDBE #BE57BD

tetradic

#BDBE57 #57BE8C #5857BE #BE5789

square

#BDBE57 #57BE8C #5857BE #BE5789

split-complementary

#BDBE57 #5789BE #8C57BE

monochromatic

#6F6F2B #9B9C3C #BDBE57 #CECF83 #E0E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BDBE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE57

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE57	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.126 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d18a',
    500: '#bdbe57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe57;
$custom-light: #d3d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.583,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77986,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE57

secondary

#A3A3CE

accent

#54D455

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE57

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

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