#BDC221#BDC221

#BDC221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.166 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC221
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 83%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -19.14, 71.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 74.07, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.061 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.166 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5541, 49.5133, 8.8593)
Luminance	0.4951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC221 #2621C2

analogous

#C27621 #BDC221 #6DC221

triadic

#BDC221 #21BDC2 #C221BD

tetradic

#BDC221 #21C276 #2621C2 #C2216D

square

#BDC221 #21C276 #2621C2 #C2216D

split-complementary

#BDC221 #216DC2 #7621C2

monochromatic

#57590F #8A8E18 #BDC221 #DADF41 #E4E876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDC221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BDC221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC221

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC221	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2B900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.166 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d46e',
    500: '#bdc221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc221;
$custom-light: #d5d46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.863,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78457,
    "c": 0.16568,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC221

secondary

#7370CF

accent

#3AEE40

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC221

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

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