#BDBF52#BDBF52

#BDBF52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.132 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF52
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 82)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 57.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -15.13, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 55.66, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0452 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.132 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1412, 48.6906, 15.2120)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF52 #5452BF

analogous

#BF8A52 #BDBF52 #86BF52

triadic

#BDBF52 #52BDBF #BF52BD

tetradic

#BDBF52 #52BF8A #5452BF #BF5286

square

#BDBF52 #52BF8A #5452BF #BF5286

split-complementary

#BDBF52 #5286BF #8A52BF

monochromatic

#6D6E29 #999B39 #BDBF52 #CED07F #DFE0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBF52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BDBF52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF52

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF52	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)

#CDB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.132 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d287',
    500: '#bdbf52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf52;
$custom-light: #d3d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.101,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78148,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF52

secondary

#A09FCE

accent

#52D655

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF52

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

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