What is hex #BDBF07 color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a highly vibrant and energetic tone. It is perfect for drawing attention to critical elements like call-to-action buttons, highlights, or modern branding.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 74% red, 75% green and 3% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (189,191,7).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (1%, 0%, 96%, 25%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #BDBF07 features a hue of 61°, 96% saturation, and a brightness value of 75%.

Hex #BDBF07 Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #BDBF07
RGB Values (189,191,7)
CMYK Values (1%, 0%, 96%, 25%)
HSV/HSB Values (61°, 96%, 75%)
Closest Web Safe
#CCCC00
Inverse Color
#4240F8
Closest Pantone®
583 C
Closest RAL
RAL 1005 [Honey yellow]
Complementary Color
#0907BF

#BDBF07 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#818181
Lightness (Desaturation)
#636363
Weighted (BT601)
#A9A9A9
Luma (BT709)
#B1B1B1

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #BDBF07 complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #BDBF07

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #BDBF07.

Contrast Ratio: 1.98:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #BDBF07

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #BDBF07.

Contrast Ratio: 10.62:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #BDBF07 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #BDBF07 is #0907BF. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #BDBF07 you will find #0907BF. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#BDBF07 #0907BF

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #BDBF07 is composed with colors #BF6507 and #61BF07. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BDBF07 with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#BF6507 #BDBF07 #61BF07

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #BDBF07 is composed with colors #6507BF and #0761BF. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#BDBF07 #6507BF #0761BF

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #BDBF07 is composed with colors #BF07BD and #07BDBF. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BDBF07 with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#BDBF07 #BF07BD #07BDBF

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #BDBF07 is composed with colors #07BDBF, #0807BF and #BF0907 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#BDBF07 #07BDBF #0807BF #BF0907

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #BDBF07 is composed with colors #07BF65, #0807BF and #BF0761 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#BDBF07 #07BF65 #0807BF #BF0761

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #BDBF07

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #BDBF07.

#BDBF07 #D0D207 #E3E608 #F3F60D #F4F620 #F5F734 #F6F848 #F7F95B

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#BDBF07 #B3B510 #AAAB1A #A0A124 #97982D #8D8E37 #848441 #7A7B4A

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#BDBF07 #A9AB06 #969705 #828304 #6F7004 #5B5C03 #484802 #343501

Hex #BDBF07 in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #BDBF07
Java new Color(189,191,7);
Python Color(#BDBF07)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 189,191,7);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.74, green: 0.75, blue: 0.03, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(189, 191, 7)