#BDBF4F#BDBF4F

#BDBF4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.134 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF4F
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 79)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 58.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -15.35, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 56.98, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0462 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.134 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0295, 48.6460, 14.6239)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF4F #514FBF

analogous

#BF894F #BDBF4F #85BF4F

triadic

#BDBF4F #4FBDBF #BF4FBD

tetradic

#BDBF4F #4FBF89 #514FBF #BF4F85

square

#BDBF4F #4FBF89 #514FBF #BF4F85

split-complementary

#BDBF4F #4F85BF #894FBF

monochromatic

#6B6C27 #979938 #BDBF4F #CECF7C #DFE0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBF4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BDBF4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF4F

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF4F	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.134 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d285',
    500: '#bdbf4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf4f;
$custom-light: #d3d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.071,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78116,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF4F

secondary

#9E9DCD

accent

#51D654

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF4F

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

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