#BDBF3E#BDBF3E

#BDBF3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.147 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF3E
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 62)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 67.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -16.44, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 63.93, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.051 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.147 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4879, 48.4293, 11.7715)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF3E #403EBF

analogous

#BF803E #BDBF3E #7DBF3E

triadic

#BDBF3E #3EBDBF #BF3EBD

tetradic

#BDBF3E #3EBF80 #403EBF #BF3E7D

square

#BDBF3E #3EBF80 #403EBF #BF3E7D

split-complementary

#BDBF3E #3E7DBF #803EBF

monochromatic

#626320 #8F912F #BDBF3E #CDCF6B #DDDE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDBF3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BDBF3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF3E

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF3E	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.147 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d27b',
    500: '#bdbf3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf3e;
$custom-light: #d4d27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.93,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77965,
    "c": 0.14744,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF3E

secondary

#908FCA

accent

#4DDA50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF3E

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

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