#BDBE66#BDBE66

#BDBE66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.111 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE66
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 102)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 46%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 46.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -12.90, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 45.89, 106.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0368 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.111 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7988, 48.6060, 19.7478)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE66 #6766BE

analogous

#BE9366 #BDBE66 #91BE66

triadic

#BDBE66 #66BDBE #BE66BD

tetradic

#BDBE66 #66BE93 #6766BE #BE6691

square

#BDBE66 #66BE93 #6766BE #BE6691

split-complementary

#BDBE66 #6691BE #9366BE

monochromatic

#767733 #A1A245 #BDBE66 #D0D091 #E2E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BDBE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE66

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE66	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)

#CAB75E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.111 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d193',
    500: '#bdbe66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe66;
$custom-light: #d2d193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.682,
    "s": 40.367,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78176,
    "c": 0.1114,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE66

secondary

#AEAED2

accent

#58D059

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE66

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

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