#BDC238#BDC238

#BDC238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.154 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC238
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -18.26, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 67.30, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0567 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.154 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9932, 49.6889, 11.1721)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC238 #3D38C2

analogous

#C28238 #BDC238 #78C238

triadic

#BDC238 #38BDC2 #C238BD

tetradic

#BDC238 #38C282 #3D38C2 #C23878

square

#BDC238 #38C282 #3D38C2 #C23878

split-complementary

#BDC238 #3878C2 #8238C2

monochromatic

#60631D #8F932A #BDC238 #CED265 #DDE094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDC238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BDC238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC238

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC238	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)

#D1B91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.154 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d478',
    500: '#bdc238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc238;
$custom-light: #d4d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.174,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78578,
    "c": 0.15443,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC238

secondary

#8D8ACB

accent

#49DF4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC238

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

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