#BDBF37#BDBF37

#BDBF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.152 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF37
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -16.80, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 66.49, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0527 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.152 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3080, 48.3574, 10.8243)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF37 #3937BF

analogous

#BF7D37 #BDBF37 #79BF37

triadic

#BDBF37 #37BDBF #BF37BD

tetradic

#BDBF37 #37BF7D #3937BF #BF3779

square

#BDBF37 #37BF7D #3937BF #BF3779

split-complementary

#BDBF37 #3779BF #7D37BF

monochromatic

#5F601C #8E8F29 #BDBF37 #D0D262 #DEDF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BDBF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF37

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF37	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)

#CEB71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.152 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d277',
    500: '#bdbf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf37;
$custom-light: #d4d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77914,
    "c": 0.15196,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF37

secondary

#8988CA

accent

#49DF4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF37

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

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