#BDBE65#BDBE65

#BDBE65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.112 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE65
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 101)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 46.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -12.99, 44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 46.38, 106.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0372 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.112 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7495, 48.5862, 19.4882)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE65 #6665BE

analogous

#BE9365 #BDBE65 #91BE65

triadic

#BDBE65 #65BDBE #BE65BD

tetradic

#BDBE65 #65BE93 #6665BE #BE6591

square

#BDBE65 #65BE93 #6665BE #BE6591

split-complementary

#BDBE65 #6591BE #9365BE

monochromatic

#767732 #A1A244 #BDBE65 #CFD090 #E2E2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BDBE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE65

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE65	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB75D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.112 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d193',
    500: '#bdbe65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe65;
$custom-light: #d2d193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.674,
    "s": 40.639,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78162,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE65

secondary

#AEADD1

accent

#57D059

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE65

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

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