#BDBE6D#BDBE6D

#BDBE6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.104 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE6D
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 109)
HSL	hsl(61, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 42.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -12.19, 40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 42.46, 106.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0342 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.104 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1607, 48.7507, 21.6539)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE6D #6E6DBE

analogous

#BE966D #BDBE6D #94BE6D

triadic

#BDBE6D #6DBDBE #BE6DBD

tetradic

#BDBE6D #6DBE96 #6E6DBE #BE6D94

square

#BDBE6D #6DBE96 #6E6DBE #BE6D94

split-complementary

#BDBE6D #6D94BE #966DBE

monochromatic

#797A36 #A3A549 #BDBE6D #D0D197 #E3E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBE6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BDBE6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE6D

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE6D	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.104 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d198',
    500: '#bdbe6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe6d;
$custom-light: #d2d198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.741,
    "s": 38.389,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78277,
    "c": 0.1039,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE6D

secondary

#B4B3D3

accent

#59CE5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE6D

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

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