#BDBE59#BDBE59

#BDBE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.124 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE59
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -14.07, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 52.06, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0415 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.124 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2039, 48.3680, 16.6147)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE59 #5A59BE

analogous

#BE8D59 #BDBE59 #8BBE59

triadic

#BDBE59 #59BDBE #BE59BD

tetradic

#BDBE59 #59BE8D #5A59BE #BE598B

square

#BDBE59 #59BE8D #5A59BE #BE598B

split-complementary

#BDBE59 #598BBE #8D59BE

monochromatic

#70712C #9C9D3D #BDBE59 #CECF85 #E0E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BDBE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE59

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE59	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)

#CBB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.124 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d18b',
    500: '#bdbe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe59;
$custom-light: #d3d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.594,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78009,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE59

secondary

#A5A4CF

accent

#54D356

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE59

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

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