#BDBF2D#BDBF2D

#BDBF2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.158 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF2D
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 45)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 76.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -17.24, 67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 69.77, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0548 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.158 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0922, 48.2710, 9.6874)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF2D #2F2DBF

analogous

#BF782D #BDBF2D #74BF2D

triadic

#BDBF2D #2DBDBF #BF2DBD

tetradic

#BDBF2D #2DBF78 #2F2DBF #BF2D74

square

#BDBF2D #2DBF78 #2F2DBF #BF2D74

split-complementary

#BDBF2D #2D74BF #782DBF

monochromatic

#5B5C16 #8C8D21 #BDBF2D #D5D653 #E1E284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBF2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BDBF2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF2D

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF2D	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB602

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.158 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d272',
    500: '#bdbf2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf2d;
$custom-light: #d5d272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.822,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77853,
    "c": 0.15752,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF2D

secondary

#7E7CCB

accent

#43E545

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF2D

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

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