#BDBF4B#BDBF4B

#BDBF4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.138 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF4B
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 75)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 60.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -15.64, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 58.70, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0474 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.138 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8883, 48.5895, 13.8801)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF4B #4D4BBF

analogous

#BF874B #BDBF4B #83BF4B

triadic

#BDBF4B #4BBDBF #BF4BBD

tetradic

#BDBF4B #4BBF87 #4D4BBF #BF4B83

square

#BDBF4B #4BBF87 #4D4BBF #BF4B83

split-complementary

#BDBF4B #4B83BF #874BBF

monochromatic

#696A26 #959736 #BDBF4B #CECF78 #DEDFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBF4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BDBF4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF4B

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF4B	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.138 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d282',
    500: '#bdbf4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf4b;
$custom-light: #d4d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.034,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78077,
    "c": 0.13773,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF4B

secondary

#9A9ACC

accent

#51D753

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF4B

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

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