#BDBE5E#BDBE5E

#BDBE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; 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	#BDBE5E
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 94)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 50.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -13.64, 47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 49.72, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0397 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.12 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4210, 48.4548, 17.7583)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE5E #5F5EBE

analogous

#BE8F5E #BDBE5E #8DBE5E

triadic

#BDBE5E #5EBDBE #BE5EBD

tetradic

#BDBE5E #5EBE8F #5F5EBE #BE5E8D

square

#BDBE5E #5EBE8F #5F5EBE #BE5E8D

split-complementary

#BDBE5E #5E8DBE #8F5EBE

monochromatic

#72732E #9E9F40 #BDBE5E #CFD08A #E1E1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BDBE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE5E

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE5E	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)

#CBB755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.120 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d18e',
    500: '#bdbe5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe5e;
$custom-light: #d3d18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.625,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7807,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE5E

secondary

#A8A8D0

accent

#56D257

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE5E

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

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