#BDBE69#BDBE69

#BDBE69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.108 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE69
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 105)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 45%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 44.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -12.60, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 44.43, 106.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0357 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.108 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9503, 48.6665, 20.5456)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE69 #6A69BE

analogous

#BE9469 #BDBE69 #92BE69

triadic

#BDBE69 #69BDBE #BE69BD

tetradic

#BDBE69 #69BE94 #6A69BE #BE6992

square

#BDBE69 #69BE94 #6A69BE #BE6992

split-complementary

#BDBE69 #6992BE #9469BE

monochromatic

#787834 #A2A347 #BDBE69 #D0D194 #E3E3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BDBE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE69

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE69	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB862

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.108 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d195',
    500: '#bdbe69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe69;
$custom-light: #d2d195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.706,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78219,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE69

secondary

#B1B0D2

accent

#58CF5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE69

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

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