#BDC431#BDC431

#BDC431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.160 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC431
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -19.57, 67.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 70.40, 106.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.061 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.16 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2819, 50.5214, 10.4821)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC431 #3831C4

analogous

#C48131 #BDC431 #73C431

triadic

#BDC431 #31BDC4 #C431BD

tetradic

#BDC431 #31C481 #3831C4 #C43173

square

#BDC431 #31C481 #3831C4 #C43173

split-complementary

#BDC431 #3173C4 #8131C4

monochromatic

#5F6219 #8E9325 #BDC431 #D0D65C #DEE28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDC431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BDC431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC431

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC431	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.160 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d575',
    500: '#bdc431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc431;
$custom-light: #d5d575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78974,
    "c": 0.16048,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC431

secondary

#2F2C6D

accent

#45E34C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC431

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

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