#BDBF59#BDBF59

#BDBF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.125 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF59
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -14.58, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 52.50, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0429 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.125 110)
XYZ	xyz(41.4212, 48.8027, 16.6871)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF59 #5B59BF

analogous

#BF8E59 #BDBF59 #8ABF59

triadic

#BDBF59 #59BDBF #BF59BD

tetradic

#BDBF59 #59BF8E #5B59BF #BF598A

square

#BDBF59 #59BF8E #5B59BF #BF598A

split-complementary

#BDBF59 #598ABF #8E59BF

monochromatic

#70722C #9C9E3D #BDBF59 #CFD085 #E0E1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BDBF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF59

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF59	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.125 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d28b',
    500: '#bdbf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf59;
$custom-light: #d3d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.176,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78226,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.48802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF59

secondary

#A5A4CF

accent

#54D456

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF59

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

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