#BDBE6E#BDBE6E

#BDBE6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.103 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE6E
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 110)
HSL	hsl(61, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 42.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -12.09, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 41.96, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0338 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.103 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2149, 48.7724, 21.9390)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE6E #6F6EBE

analogous

#BE976E #BDBE6E #95BE6E

triadic

#BDBE6E #6EBDBE #BE6EBD

tetradic

#BDBE6E #6EBE97 #6F6EBE #BE6E95

square

#BDBE6E #6EBE97 #6F6EBE #BE6E95

split-complementary

#BDBE6E #6E95BE #976EBE

monochromatic

#7A7B37 #A4A54A #BDBE6E #D0D198 #E3E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBE6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BDBE6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE6E

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE6E	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)

#CAB868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.103 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d199',
    500: '#bdbe6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe6e;
$custom-light: #d2d199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78293,
    "c": 0.1028,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE6E

secondary

#B5B4D4

accent

#5ACE5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE6E

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

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