#BDBE71#BDBE71

#BDBE71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.099 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE71
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 113)
HSL	hsl(61, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 40.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -11.77, 38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 40.46, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0326 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.099 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3810, 48.8388, 22.8139)
Luminance	0.4884 (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

#BDBE71 #7271BE

analogous

#BE9971 #BDBE71 #97BE71

triadic

#BDBE71 #71BDBE #BE71BD

tetradic

#BDBE71 #71BE99 #7271BE #BE7197

square

#BDBE71 #71BE99 #7271BE #BE7197

split-complementary

#BDBE71 #7197BE #9971BE

monochromatic

#7B7C39 #A5A64C #BDBE71 #D1D19B #E4E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBE71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BDBE71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE71

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE71	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.099 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d19b',
    500: '#bdbe71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe71;
$custom-light: #d2d19b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.779,
    "s": 37.198,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78339,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE71

secondary

#B7B6D4

accent

#5BCD5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE71

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

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