Information about #BDB71F color

#BDB71F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BDB71F falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(189, 183, 31) — 74.1% red, 71.8% green, 12.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 2 / 62 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BDB71F reads as a strongly colored sunny yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Acid Green (#B0BF1A). Slightly further away sit Funk (#C6AA24) and Greenfinch (#BDA928).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(189, 183, 31)), which gives #BDB71F its character. On this background, black text reaches a 10.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BDB71F is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BDB71F color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BDB71F color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BDB71F

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Acid Green color link
Acid Green

#B0BF1A

Funk color link
Funk

#C6AA24

Greenfinch color link
Greenfinch

#BDA928

Rio Grande color link
Rio Grande

#B7C61A

Earls Green color link
Earls Green

#B8A722

Key Lime Pie color link
Key Lime Pie

#BFC921

Puke Yellow color link
Puke Yellow

#C2BE0E

La Rioja color link
La Rioja

#BAC00E

Bahia color link
Bahia

#A9C01C

Olive Yellow color link
Olive Yellow

#C2B709

Vomit Yellow color link
Vomit Yellow

#C7C10C

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BDB71F
  • RGB189, 183, 31
  • CMYK0, 2, 62, 26
  • CSSrgb(189, 183, 31)
  • HSL58°, 72%, 43%
  • HSL Precise57.722°, 71.818%, 43.137%
  • HSV58°, 84%, 74%
  • HSB58°, 84%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.718
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.122
  • GLSLvec3(0.741, 0.718, 0.122)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.741, 0.718, 0.122, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.741, 0.718, 0.122)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB74.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB71.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB12.2%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBDB71F
  • DECIMAL ID12433183
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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