#BDBF51#BDBF51

#BDBF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.133 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF51
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -15.21, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 56.10, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0456 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.133 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1034, 48.6755, 15.0131)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF51 #5351BF

analogous

#BF8A51 #BDBF51 #86BF51

triadic

#BDBF51 #51BDBF #BF51BD

tetradic

#BDBF51 #51BF8A #5351BF #BF5186

square

#BDBF51 #51BF8A #5351BF #BF5186

split-complementary

#BDBF51 #5186BF #8A51BF

monochromatic

#6C6D28 #989A39 #BDBF51 #CECF7E #DFE0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BDBF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF51

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF51	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.133 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d286',
    500: '#bdbf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf51;
$custom-light: #d3d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.091,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78137,
    "c": 0.1327,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF51

secondary

#9F9ECE

accent

#52D654

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF51

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

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