#BDBE63#BDBE63

#BDBE63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.115 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE63
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 99)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 48%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 47.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -13.18, 45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 47.34, 106.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0379 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.115 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6527, 48.5475, 18.9784)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE63 #6463BE

analogous

#BE9263 #BDBE63 #90BE63

triadic

#BDBE63 #63BDBE #BE63BD

tetradic

#BDBE63 #63BE92 #6463BE #BE6390

square

#BDBE63 #63BE92 #6463BE #BE6390

split-complementary

#BDBE63 #6390BE #9263BE

monochromatic

#757631 #A0A143 #BDBE63 #CFD08E #E2E2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBE63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BDBE63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE63

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE63	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.115 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d191',
    500: '#bdbe63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe63;
$custom-light: #d3d191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.659,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78135,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE63

secondary

#ACACD1

accent

#57D158

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE63

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

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