#BDBE5D#BDBE5D

#BDBE5D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.120 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE5D
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 93)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 51.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -13.73, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 50.19, 105.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0401 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.121 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3765, 48.4370, 17.5235)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE5D #5E5DBE

analogous

#BE8F5D #BDBE5D #8CBE5D

triadic

#BDBE5D #5DBDBE #BE5DBD

tetradic

#BDBE5D #5DBE8F #5E5DBE #BE5D8C

square

#BDBE5D #5DBE8F #5E5DBE #BE5D8C

split-complementary

#BDBE5D #5D8CBE #8F5DBE

monochromatic

#72732E #9D9E40 #BDBE5D #CFD089 #E1E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BDBE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE5D

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE5D	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.120 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d18d',
    500: '#bdbe5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe5d;
$custom-light: #d3d18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.619,
    "s": 42.731,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78058,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE5D

secondary

#A8A7D0

accent

#55D357

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE5D

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

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