#BDC138#BDC138

#BDC138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.153 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC138
RGB	rgb(189, 193, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -17.76, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 66.91, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0553 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.153 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7714, 49.2453, 11.0982)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC138 #3C38C1

analogous

#C18138 #BDC138 #79C138

triadic

#BDC138 #38BDC1 #C138BD

tetradic

#BDC138 #38C181 #3C38C1 #C13879

square

#BDC138 #38C181 #3C38C1 #C13879

split-complementary

#BDC138 #3879C1 #8138C1

monochromatic

#60621C #8F922A #BDC138 #CFD264 #DEE094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDC138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BDC138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC138

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC138	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)

#D0B81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 193, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.153 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d378',
    500: '#bdc138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc138;
$custom-light: #d4d378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.752,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78359,
    "c": 0.15339,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC138

secondary

#8C8ACB

accent

#49DE4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC138

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

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