#BDBF47#BDBF47

#BDBF47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.141 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF47
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 71)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 62.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -15.90, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 60.37, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0486 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.141 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7556, 48.5364, 13.1816)
Luminance	0.4854 (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

#BDBF47 #4947BF

analogous

#BF8547 #BDBF47 #81BF47

triadic

#BDBF47 #47BDBF #BF47BD

tetradic

#BDBF47 #47BF85 #4947BF #BF4781

square

#BDBF47 #47BF85 #4947BF #BF4781

split-complementary

#BDBF47 #4781BF #8547BF

monochromatic

#666824 #939534 #BDBF47 #CDCF74 #DEDFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBF47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BDBF47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF47

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF47	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.141 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d280',
    500: '#bdbf47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf47;
$custom-light: #d4d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7804,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF47

secondary

#9796CB

accent

#50D852

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF47

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

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