#BDBF50#BDBF50

#BDBF50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; 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	#BDBF50
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 80)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -15.28, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 56.54, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0459 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.134 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0662, 48.6606, 14.8170)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF50 #5250BF

analogous

#BF8950 #BDBF50 #85BF50

triadic

#BDBF50 #50BDBF #BF50BD

tetradic

#BDBF50 #50BF89 #5250BF #BF5085

square

#BDBF50 #50BF89 #5250BF #BF5085

split-complementary

#BDBF50 #5085BF #8950BF

monochromatic

#6C6D28 #989A38 #BDBF50 #CECF7D #DFE0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBF50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BDBF50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF50

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF50	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)

#CDB744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.134 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d285',
    500: '#bdbf50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf50;
$custom-light: #d3d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.081,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78127,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF50

secondary

#9E9DCD

accent

#52D654

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF50

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

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