#BDBF56#BDBF56

#BDBF56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.128 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF56
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -14.82, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 53.87, 105.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0439 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.128 110)
XYZ	xyz(41.2978, 48.7533, 16.0371)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF56 #5856BF

analogous

#BF8D56 #BDBF56 #89BF56

triadic

#BDBF56 #56BDBF #BF56BD

tetradic

#BDBF56 #56BF8D #5856BF #BF5689

square

#BDBF56 #56BF8D #5856BF #BF5689

split-complementary

#BDBF56 #5689BF #8D56BF

monochromatic

#6F702A #9B9D3B #BDBF56 #CED082 #E0E1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BDBF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF56

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF56	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)

#CCB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.128 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d289',
    500: '#bdbf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf56;
$custom-light: #d3d289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.143,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78191,
    "c": 0.12824,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.48752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF56

secondary

#A3A2CF

accent

#53D556

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF56

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

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