#BDC524#BDC524

#BDC524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.168 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC524
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 36)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 82%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 81.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -20.54, 71.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 74.43, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0646 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.168 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2724, 50.8797, 9.3154)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC524 #2C24C5

analogous

#C57C24 #BDC524 #6DC524

triadic

#BDC524 #24BDC5 #C524BD

tetradic

#BDC524 #24C57C #2C24C5 #C5246D

square

#BDC524 #24C57C #2C24C5 #C5246D

split-complementary

#BDC524 #246DC5 #7C24C5

monochromatic

#5A5E11 #8B911B #BDC524 #D6DE49 #E2E77C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDC524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BDC524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC524

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC524	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.168 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d66f',
    500: '#bdc524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc524;
$custom-light: #d5d66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.981,
    "s": 69.099,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7913,
    "c": 0.1675,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC524

secondary

#282469

accent

#3CEC45

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC524

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

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