#BDC43B#BDC43B

#BDC43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.155 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC43B
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 59)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -19.10, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 67.03, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0588 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.155 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5169, 50.6154, 11.7196)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC43B #423BC4

analogous

#C4873B #BDC43B #78C43B

triadic

#BDC43B #3BBDC4 #C43BBD

tetradic

#BDC43B #3BC487 #423BC4 #C43B78

square

#BDC43B #3BC487 #423BC4 #C43B78

split-complementary

#BDC43B #3B78C4 #873BC4

monochromatic

#62661F #90952D #BDC43B #CDD26A #DDE099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDC43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BDC43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC43B

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC43B	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)

#D3BB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.155 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d57a',
    500: '#bdc43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc43b;
$custom-light: #d4d57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.066,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79038,
    "c": 0.15464,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC43B

secondary

#363370

accent

#4BDD52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC43B

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

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