#BDBF55#BDBF55

#BDBF55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.129 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF55
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -14.90, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 54.32, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0443 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.129 110)
XYZ	xyz(41.2578, 48.7373, 15.8264)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF55 #5755BF

analogous

#BF8C55 #BDBF55 #88BF55

triadic

#BDBF55 #55BDBF #BF55BD

tetradic

#BDBF55 #55BF8C #5755BF #BF5588

square

#BDBF55 #55BF8C #5755BF #BF5588

split-complementary

#BDBF55 #5588BF #8C55BF

monochromatic

#6E702A #9A9C3B #BDBF55 #CED081 #E0E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BDBF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF55

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF55	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.129 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d288',
    500: '#bdbf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf55;
$custom-light: #d3d288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.132,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7818,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.48736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF55

secondary

#A2A1CE

accent

#53D555

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF55

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

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