#BDBF42#BDBF42

#BDBF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.145 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF42
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -16.21, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 62.38, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.05 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.145 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6017, 48.4749, 12.3710)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF42 #4442BF

analogous

#BF8242 #BDBF42 #7EBF42

triadic

#BDBF42 #42BDBF #BF42BD

tetradic

#BDBF42 #42BF82 #4442BF #BF427E

square

#BDBF42 #42BF82 #4442BF #BF427E

split-complementary

#BDBF42 #427EBF #8242BF

monochromatic

#636522 #919232 #BDBF42 #CDCE70 #DDDE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BDBF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF42

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF42	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)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.145 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d27d',
    500: '#bdbf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf42;
$custom-light: #d4d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.96,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77996,
    "c": 0.14464,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF42

secondary

#9393CA

accent

#4FD951

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF42

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

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