#BDBF45#BDBF45

#BDBF45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.142 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF45
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 69)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 63.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -16.03, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 61.19, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0492 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.142 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6925, 48.5112, 12.8491)
Luminance	0.4851 (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

#BDBF45 #4745BF

analogous

#BF8445 #BDBF45 #80BF45

triadic

#BDBF45 #45BDBF #BF45BD

tetradic

#BDBF45 #45BF84 #4745BF #BF4580

square

#BDBF45 #45BF84 #4745BF #BF4580

split-complementary

#BDBF45 #4580BF #8445BF

monochromatic

#656623 #929433 #BDBF45 #CDCF73 #DDDEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BDBF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF45

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF45	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.142 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d27f',
    500: '#bdbf45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf45;
$custom-light: #d4d27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.984,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78022,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF45

secondary

#9695CB

accent

#4FD852

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF45

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

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