#BDBE74#BDBE74

#BDBE74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.096 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBE74
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 116)
HSL	hsl(61, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 38.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -11.44, 37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 38.95, 107.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0314 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.096 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5527, 48.9075, 23.7181)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBE74 #7574BE

analogous

#BE9A74 #BDBE74 #98BE74

triadic

#BDBE74 #74BDBE #BE74BD

tetradic

#BDBE74 #74BE9A #7574BE #BE7498

square

#BDBE74 #74BE9A #7574BE #BE7498

split-complementary

#BDBE74 #7498BE #9A74BE

monochromatic

#7C7D3A #A6A74E #BDBE74 #D1D29E #E5E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BDBE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBE74

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBE74	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbe74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.096 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d19d',
    500: '#bdbe74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbe74;
$custom-light: #d2d19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbe74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.811,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78387,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBE74

secondary

#B9B9D5

accent

#5CCC5D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBE74

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

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