#BDC137#BDC137

#BDC137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.154 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC137
RGB	rgb(189, 193, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -17.80, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 67.26, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0555 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.154 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7472, 49.2356, 10.9707)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC137 #3B37C1

analogous

#C18037 #BDC137 #78C137

triadic

#BDC137 #37BDC1 #C137BD

tetradic

#BDC137 #37C180 #3B37C1 #C13778

square

#BDC137 #37C180 #3B37C1 #C13778

split-complementary

#BDC137 #3778C1 #8037C1

monochromatic

#60621C #8E9129 #BDC137 #CFD263 #DEE092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDC137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BDC137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC137

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC137	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 193, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.154 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d377',
    500: '#bdc137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc137;
$custom-light: #d4d377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.739,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78352,
    "c": 0.154,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC137

secondary

#8B89CB

accent

#49DF4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC137

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

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