#BDC049#BDC049

#BDC049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.140 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC049
RGB	rgb(189, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 62%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -16.27, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 59.96, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0494 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.14 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0397, 49.0002, 13.5981)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC049 #4C49C0

analogous

#C08849 #BDC049 #81C049

triadic

#BDC049 #49BDC0 #C049BD

tetradic

#BDC049 #49C088 #4C49C0 #C04981

square

#BDC049 #49C088 #4C49C0 #C04981

split-complementary

#BDC049 #4981C0 #8849C0

monochromatic

#686A25 #959734 #BDC049 #CDD076 #DEDFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDC049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BDC049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC049

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC049	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.140 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d281',
    500: '#bdc049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc049;
$custom-light: #d4d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.513,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78276,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC049

secondary

#9A98CC

accent

#50D853

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC049

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

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