#BDBF5B#BDBF5B

#BDBF5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.124 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF5B
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 91)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 52.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -14.41, 49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 51.57, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0422 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.124 110)
XYZ	xyz(41.5064, 48.8367, 17.1355)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF5B #5D5BBF

analogous

#BF8F5B #BDBF5B #8BBF5B

triadic

#BDBF5B #5BBDBF #BF5BBD

tetradic

#BDBF5B #5BBF8F #5D5BBF #BF5B8B

square

#BDBF5B #5BBF8F #5D5BBF #BF5B8B

split-complementary

#BDBF5B #5B8BBF #8F5BBF

monochromatic

#71732D #9D9F3E #BDBF5B #CFD087 #E0E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBF5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BDBF5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF5B

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF5B	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.124 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d28c',
    500: '#bdbf5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf5b;
$custom-light: #d3d28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7825,
    "c": 0.12357,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.48836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF5B

secondary

#A7A6D0

accent

#54D457

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF5B

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

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