#BDBF39#BDBF39

#BDBF39 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 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF39
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 57)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -16.70, 63.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 65.78, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0523 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.151 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3570, 48.3769, 11.0819)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF39 #3B39BF

analogous

#BF7E39 #BDBF39 #7ABF39

triadic

#BDBF39 #39BDBF #BF39BD

tetradic

#BDBF39 #39BF7E #3B39BF #BF397A

square

#BDBF39 #39BF7E #3B39BF #BF397A

split-complementary

#BDBF39 #397ABF #7E39BF

monochromatic

#60611D #8E902B #BDBF39 #CFD164 #DEDF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBF39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BDBF39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF39

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF39	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.151 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d278',
    500: '#bdbf39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf39;
$custom-light: #d4d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77928,
    "c": 0.15072,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF39

secondary

#8B8ACA

accent

#4ADD4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF39

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

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