#BDBF5D#BDBF5D

#BDBF5D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.122 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF5D
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 93)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 51.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -14.24, 48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 50.64, 106.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0415 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.122 110)
XYZ	xyz(41.5938, 48.8717, 17.5959)
Luminance	0.4887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF5D #5F5DBF

analogous

#BF905D #BDBF5D #8CBF5D

triadic

#BDBF5D #5DBDBF #BF5DBD

tetradic

#BDBF5D #5DBF90 #5F5DBF #BF5D8C

square

#BDBF5D #5DBF90 #5F5DBF #BF5D8C

split-complementary

#BDBF5D #5D8CBF #905DBF

monochromatic

#72742E #9EA03F #BDBF5D #CFD089 #E1E2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBF5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BDBF5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF5D

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF5D	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)

#CCB854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.122 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d28e',
    500: '#bdbf5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf5d;
$custom-light: #d3d28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.224,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78274,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.48871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF5D

secondary

#A8A8D0

accent

#55D357

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF5D

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

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