#BDBF49#BDBF49

#BDBF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.139 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF49
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -15.77, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 59.54, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.048 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.139 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8209, 48.5625, 13.5252)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF49 #4B49BF

analogous

#BF8649 #BDBF49 #82BF49

triadic

#BDBF49 #49BDBF #BF49BD

tetradic

#BDBF49 #49BF86 #4B49BF #BF4982

square

#BDBF49 #49BF86 #4B49BF #BF4982

split-complementary

#BDBF49 #4982BF #8649BF

monochromatic

#686925 #949635 #BDBF49 #CDCF76 #DEDFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BDBF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF49

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF49	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)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.139 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d281',
    500: '#bdbf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf49;
$custom-light: #d4d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78058,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF49

secondary

#9998CC

accent

#50D853

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF49

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

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