#BDBF48#BDBF48

#BDBF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.140 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF48
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 72)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -15.84, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 59.96, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0483 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.14 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7880, 48.5494, 13.3520)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF48 #4A48BF

analogous

#BF8648 #BDBF48 #82BF48

triadic

#BDBF48 #48BDBF #BF48BD

tetradic

#BDBF48 #48BF86 #4A48BF #BF4882

square

#BDBF48 #48BF86 #4A48BF #BF4882

split-complementary

#BDBF48 #4882BF #8648BF

monochromatic

#676824 #949634 #BDBF48 #CDCF75 #DEDFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BDBF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF48

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF48	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)

#CDB739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.140 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d280',
    500: '#bdbf48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf48;
$custom-light: #d4d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.008,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78049,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF48

secondary

#9897CC

accent

#50D852

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF48

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

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