#BDBE5B#BDBE5B

#BDBE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.122 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE5B
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 52.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -13.90, 49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 51.13, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0408 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.122 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2890, 48.4020, 17.0630)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE5B #5C5BBE

analogous

#BE8D5B #BDBE5B #8CBE5B

triadic

#BDBE5B #5BBDBE #BE5BBD

tetradic

#BDBE5B #5BBE8D #5C5BBE #BE5B8C

square

#BDBE5B #5BBE8D #5C5BBE #BE5B8C

split-complementary

#BDBE5B #5B8CBE #8D5BBE

monochromatic

#71722D #9C9D3E #BDBE5B #CFCF87 #E0E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BDBE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE5B

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE5B	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.122 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d18c',
    500: '#bdbe5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe5b;
$custom-light: #d3d18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.606,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78033,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE5B

secondary

#A6A6CF

accent

#55D356

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE5B

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

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