#BDC438#BDC438

#BDC438 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	#BDC438
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -19.25, 65.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 68.09, 106.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0595 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.157 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4413, 50.5852, 11.3215)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC438 #3F38C4

analogous

#C48538 #BDC438 #77C438

triadic

#BDC438 #38BDC4 #C438BD

tetradic

#BDC438 #38C485 #3F38C4 #C43877

square

#BDC438 #38C485 #3F38C4 #C43877

split-complementary

#BDC438 #3877C4 #8538C4

monochromatic

#61651D #8F942A #BDC438 #CED366 #DDE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDC438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BDC438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC438

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC438	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)

#D3BB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.157 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d578',
    500: '#bdc438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc438;
$custom-light: #d4d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79018,
    "c": 0.1565,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC438

secondary

#34316F

accent

#49DF50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC438

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

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