#BDBF40#BDBF40

#BDBF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.146 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF40
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -16.33, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 63.17, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0505 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.146 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5438, 48.4517, 12.0659)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF40 #4240BF

analogous

#BF8240 #BDBF40 #7DBF40

triadic

#BDBF40 #40BDBF #BF40BD

tetradic

#BDBF40 #40BF82 #4240BF #BF407D

square

#BDBF40 #40BF82 #4240BF #BF407D

split-complementary

#BDBF40 #407DBF #8240BF

monochromatic

#626321 #909131 #BDBF40 #CDCE6E #DDDE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BDBF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF40

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF40	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.146 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d27c',
    500: '#bdbf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf40;
$custom-light: #d4d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.945,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7798,
    "c": 0.14606,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF40

secondary

#9291CA

accent

#4ED951

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF40

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

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