#BDC231#BDC231

#BDC231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.158 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC231
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -18.58, 67.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 69.64, 105.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0582 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.158 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8338, 49.6252, 10.3327)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC231 #3631C2

analogous

#C27E31 #BDC231 #74C231

triadic

#BDC231 #31BDC2 #C231BD

tetradic

#BDC231 #31C27E #3631C2 #C23174

square

#BDC231 #31C27E #3631C2 #C23174

split-complementary

#BDC231 #3174C2 #7E31C2

monochromatic

#5E6018 #8D9125 #BDC231 #D1D65B #DFE28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDC231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BDC231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC231

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC231	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B90E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.158 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d475',
    500: '#bdc231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc231;
$custom-light: #d5d475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78534,
    "c": 0.15843,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC231

secondary

#8583CC

accent

#45E34A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC231

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

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