#BDBE60#BDBE60

#BDBE60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.118 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE60
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 96)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 49.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -13.46, 46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 48.78, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.039 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.118 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5120, 48.4912, 18.2370)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE60 #6160BE

analogous

#BE9060 #BDBE60 #8EBE60

triadic

#BDBE60 #60BDBE #BE60BD

tetradic

#BDBE60 #60BE90 #6160BE #BE608E

square

#BDBE60 #60BE90 #6160BE #BE608E

split-complementary

#BDBE60 #608EBE #9060BE

monochromatic

#73742F #9FA041 #BDBE60 #CFD08B #E1E2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BDBE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE60

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE60	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.118 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d18f',
    500: '#bdbe60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe60;
$custom-light: #d3d18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.638,
    "s": 41.964,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78096,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE60

secondary

#AAA9D0

accent

#56D257

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE60

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

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