#BDC437#BDC437

#BDC437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.157 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC437
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -19.30, 65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 68.43, 106.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0597 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.157 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4171, 50.5755, 11.1940)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC437 #3E37C4

analogous

#C48537 #BDC437 #77C437

triadic

#BDC437 #37BDC4 #C437BD

tetradic

#BDC437 #37C485 #3E37C4 #C43777

square

#BDC437 #37C485 #3E37C4 #C43777

split-complementary

#BDC437 #3777C4 #8537C4

monochromatic

#61641C #8F942A #BDC437 #CED465 #DDE194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDC437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BDC437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC437

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC437	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.157 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d578',
    500: '#bdc437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc437;
$custom-light: #d4d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.979,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79011,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC437

secondary

#33306F

accent

#48DF50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC437

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

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