#BDBF46#BDBF46

#BDBF46 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	#BDBF46
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 70)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 63.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -15.96, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 60.78, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0489 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.142 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7238, 48.5237, 13.0140)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF46 #4846BF

analogous

#BF8446 #BDBF46 #80BF46

triadic

#BDBF46 #46BDBF #BF46BD

tetradic

#BDBF46 #46BF84 #4846BF #BF4680

square

#BDBF46 #46BF84 #4846BF #BF4680

split-complementary

#BDBF46 #4680BF #8446BF

monochromatic

#666724 #939433 #BDBF46 #CDCF73 #DDDEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBF46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BDBF46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF46

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF46	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)

#CDB736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.142 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d27f',
    500: '#bdbf46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf46;
$custom-light: #d4d27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.992,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78031,
    "c": 0.14167,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF46

secondary

#9796CB

accent

#50D852

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF46

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

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