#BDBF3D#BDBF3D

#BDBF3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.148 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF3D
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 61)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 68.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -16.49, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 64.31, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0513 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.148 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4607, 48.4184, 11.6283)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF3D #3F3DBF

analogous

#BF803D #BDBF3D #7CBF3D

triadic

#BDBF3D #3DBDBF #BF3DBD

tetradic

#BDBF3D #3DBF80 #3F3DBF #BF3D7C

square

#BDBF3D #3DBF80 #3F3DBF #BF3D7C

split-complementary

#BDBF3D #3D7CBF #803DBF

monochromatic

#61621F #8F912E #BDBF3D #CECF6A #DDDE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBF3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BDBF3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF3D

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF3D	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)

#CEB729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.148 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d27a',
    500: '#bdbf3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf3d;
$custom-light: #d4d27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77957,
    "c": 0.14812,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF3D

secondary

#8F8ECA

accent

#4DDB4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF3D

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

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