#BDBF4D#BDBF4D

#BDBF4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.136 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF4D
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 77)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 59.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -15.50, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 57.84, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0468 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.136 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9578, 48.6173, 14.2463)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF4D #4F4DBF

analogous

#BF884D #BDBF4D #84BF4D

triadic

#BDBF4D #4DBDBF #BF4DBD

tetradic

#BDBF4D #4DBF88 #4F4DBF #BF4D84

square

#BDBF4D #4DBF88 #4F4DBF #BF4D84

split-complementary

#BDBF4D #4D84BF #884DBF

monochromatic

#6A6B27 #969837 #BDBF4D #CECF7A #DEDFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBF4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BDBF4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF4D

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF4D	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)

#CDB740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.136 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d283',
    500: '#bdbf4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf4d;
$custom-light: #d3d283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.053,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78096,
    "c": 0.13609,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF4D

secondary

#9C9BCD

accent

#51D753

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF4D

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

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