#BDC338#BDC338

#BDC338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.155 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC338
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -18.75, 65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 67.69, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0581 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.155 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2165, 50.1356, 11.2466)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC338 #3E38C3

analogous

#C38438 #BDC338 #78C338

triadic

#BDC338 #38BDC3 #C338BD

tetradic

#BDC338 #38C384 #3E38C3 #C33878

square

#BDC338 #38C384 #3E38C3 #C33878

split-complementary

#BDC338 #3878C3 #8438C3

monochromatic

#61641D #8F932A #BDC338 #CED365 #DDE195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDC338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BDC338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC338

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC338	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.155 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d478',
    500: '#bdc338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc338;
$custom-light: #d4d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.59,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78798,
    "c": 0.15546,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC338

secondary

#33316E

accent

#49DF50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC338

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

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