#BDBF3A#BDBF3A

#BDBF3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.150 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF3A
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 58)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 69.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -16.65, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 65.42, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.052 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.15 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3821, 48.3870, 11.2146)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF3A #3C3ABF

analogous

#BF7F3A #BDBF3A #7BBF3A

triadic

#BDBF3A #3ABDBF #BF3ABD

tetradic

#BDBF3A #3ABF7F #3C3ABF #BF3A7B

square

#BDBF3A #3ABF7F #3C3ABF #BF3A7B

split-complementary

#BDBF3A #3A7BBF #7F3ABF

monochromatic

#60611D #8F902C #BDBF3A #CFD066 #DEDF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBF3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BDBF3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF3A

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF3A	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)

#CEB724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.150 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d279',
    500: '#bdbf3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf3a;
$custom-light: #d4d279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.902,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77935,
    "c": 0.1501,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF3A

secondary

#8C8BCA

accent

#4BDD4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF3A

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

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