#BDC23B#BDC23B

#BDC23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.153 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC23B
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 59)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 69.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -18.10, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 66.23, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.056 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.153 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0688, 49.7192, 11.5702)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC23B #403BC2

analogous

#C2833B #BDC23B #7AC23B

triadic

#BDC23B #3BBDC2 #C23BBD

tetradic

#BDC23B #3BC283 #403BC2 #C23B7A

square

#BDC23B #3BC283 #403BC2 #C23B7A

split-complementary

#BDC23B #3B7AC2 #833BC2

monochromatic

#62641E #8F932D #BDC23B #CDD169 #DDE098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDC23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BDC23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC23B

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC23B	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)

#D1B925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.153 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d479',
    500: '#bdc23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc23b;
$custom-light: #d4d479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78599,
    "c": 0.15255,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC23B

secondary

#908ECB

accent

#4BDD50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC23B

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

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