#BDBE5C#BDBE5C

#BDBE5C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.121 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE5C
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 92)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 51.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -13.81, 48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 50.66, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0404 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.121 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3325, 48.4194, 17.2917)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE5C #5D5CBE

analogous

#BE8E5C #BDBE5C #8CBE5C

triadic

#BDBE5C #5CBDBE #BE5CBD

tetradic

#BDBE5C #5CBE8E #5D5CBE #BE5C8C

square

#BDBE5C #5CBE8E #5D5CBE #BE5C8C

split-complementary

#BDBE5C #5C8CBE #8E5CBE

monochromatic

#71722E #9D9E3F #BDBE5C #CFCF88 #E0E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BDBE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE5C

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE5C	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)

#CBB753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.121 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d18d',
    500: '#bdbe5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe5c;
$custom-light: #d3d18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.612,
    "s": 42.982,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78045,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE5C

secondary

#A7A6CF

accent

#55D356

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE5C

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

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