#BDC038#BDC038

#BDC038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.152 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC038
RGB	rgb(189, 192, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -17.25, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 66.52, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0539 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.152 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5511, 48.8047, 11.0248)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC038 #3B38C0

analogous

#C07F38 #BDC038 #79C038

triadic

#BDC038 #38BDC0 #C038BD

tetradic

#BDC038 #38C07F #3B38C0 #C03879

square

#BDC038 #38C07F #3B38C0 #C03879

split-complementary

#BDC038 #3879C0 #7F38C0

monochromatic

#60611C #8E912A #BDC038 #CFD264 #DEDF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDC038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BDC038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC038

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC038	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 192, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.152 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d278',
    500: '#bdc038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc038;
$custom-light: #d4d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.324,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7814,
    "c": 0.15237,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC038

secondary

#8B89CB

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC038

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

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