#BDC449#BDC449

#BDC449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.145 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC449
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -18.28, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 61.64, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0551 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.145 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9299, 50.7806, 13.8949)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC449 #5049C4

analogous

#C48E49 #BDC449 #7FC449

triadic

#BDC449 #49BDC4 #C449BD

tetradic

#BDC449 #49C48E #5049C4 #C4497F

square

#BDC449 #49C48E #5049C4 #C4497F

split-complementary

#BDC449 #497FC4 #8E49C4

monochromatic

#6A6F24 #979D33 #BDC449 #CED377 #DFE2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDC449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BDC449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC449

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC449	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.145 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d581',
    500: '#bdc449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc449;
$custom-light: #d4d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.415,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79151,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC449

secondary

#3D3978

accent

#4DDB55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC449

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

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