#BDBF57#BDBF57

#BDBF57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.127 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF57
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -14.74, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 53.41, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0436 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.127 110)
XYZ	xyz(41.3384, 48.7695, 16.2508)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF57 #5957BF

analogous

#BF8D57 #BDBF57 #89BF57

triadic

#BDBF57 #57BDBF #BF57BD

tetradic

#BDBF57 #57BF8D #5957BF #BF5789

square

#BDBF57 #57BF8D #5957BF #BF5789

split-complementary

#BDBF57 #5789BF #8D57BF

monochromatic

#6F712B #9B9D3C #BDBF57 #CED083 #E0E1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BDBF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF57

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF57	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)

#CCB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.127 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d28a',
    500: '#bdbf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf57;
$custom-light: #d3d28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78203,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.48769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF57

secondary

#A4A3CF

accent

#53D556

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF57

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

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