#BDC237#BDC237

#BDC237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.155 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC237
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -18.30, 65.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 67.65, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0569 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.155 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9690, 49.6793, 11.0446)
Luminance	0.4968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC237 #3C37C2

analogous

#C28237 #BDC237 #78C237

triadic

#BDC237 #37BDC2 #C237BD

tetradic

#BDC237 #37C282 #3C37C2 #C23778

square

#BDC237 #37C282 #3C37C2 #C23778

split-complementary

#BDC237 #3778C2 #8237C2

monochromatic

#60631C #8F9229 #BDC237 #CFD363 #DEE093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDC237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BDC237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC237

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC237	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.155 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d477',
    500: '#bdc237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc237;
$custom-light: #d4d477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.158,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78571,
    "c": 0.15503,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC237

secondary

#8C89CB

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC237

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

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