#BDBF61#BDBF61

#BDBF61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.118 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF61
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 49.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -13.88, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 48.75, 106.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0401 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.118 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7756, 48.9444, 18.5535)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF61 #6361BF

analogous

#BF9261 #BDBF61 #8EBF61

triadic

#BDBF61 #61BDBF #BF61BD

tetradic

#BDBF61 #61BF92 #6361BF #BF618E

square

#BDBF61 #61BF92 #6361BF #BF618E

split-complementary

#BDBF61 #618EBF #9261BF

monochromatic

#747630 #9FA141 #BDBF61 #CFD18D #E1E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBF61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BDBF61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF61

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF61	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.118 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d290',
    500: '#bdbf61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf61;
$custom-light: #d3d290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78325,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF61

secondary

#ABABD1

accent

#56D258

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF61

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

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