#BDBF35#BDBF35

#BDBF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.153 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF35
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -16.90, 65.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 67.18, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0532 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.153 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2611, 48.3386, 10.5769)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF35 #3735BF

analogous

#BF7C35 #BDBF35 #78BF35

triadic

#BDBF35 #35BDBF #BF35BD

tetradic

#BDBF35 #35BF7C #3735BF #BF3578

square

#BDBF35 #35BF7C #3735BF #BF3578

split-complementary

#BDBF35 #3578BF #7C35BF

monochromatic

#5E5F1A #8E8F28 #BDBF35 #D1D35F #DFE08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BDBF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF35

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF35	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.153 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d276',
    500: '#bdbf35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf35;
$custom-light: #d4d276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77901,
    "c": 0.15316,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF35

secondary

#8685CA

accent

#48E04A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF35

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

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