#BDC349#BDC349

#BDC349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.144 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC349
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -17.78, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 61.22, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0537 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.144 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7051, 50.3310, 13.8200)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC349 #4F49C3

analogous

#C38C49 #BDC349 #80C349

triadic

#BDC349 #49BDC3 #C349BD

tetradic

#BDC349 #49C38C #4F49C3 #C34980

square

#BDC349 #49C38C #4F49C3 #C34980

split-complementary

#BDC349 #4980C3 #8C49C3

monochromatic

#6A6E24 #969C33 #BDC349 #CED277 #DEE1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDC349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BDC349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC349

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC349	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.144 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d581',
    500: '#bdc349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc349;
$custom-light: #d4d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.951,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78932,
    "c": 0.14367,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC349

secondary

#3C3977

accent

#4EDA55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC349

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

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