#BDBF38#BDBF38

#BDBF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.151 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF38
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -16.75, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 66.14, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0525 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.151 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3323, 48.3671, 10.9518)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF38 #3A38BF

analogous

#BF7D38 #BDBF38 #79BF38

triadic

#BDBF38 #38BDBF #BF38BD

tetradic

#BDBF38 #38BF7D #3A38BF #BF3879

square

#BDBF38 #38BF7D #3A38BF #BF3879

split-complementary

#BDBF38 #3879BF #7D38BF

monochromatic

#5F601C #8E902A #BDBF38 #D0D163 #DEDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BDBF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF38

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF38	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)

#CEB720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.151 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d278',
    500: '#bdbf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf38;
$custom-light: #d4d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77921,
    "c": 0.15135,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF38

secondary

#8A89CA

accent

#4ADE4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF38

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

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