#BDC531#BDC531

#BDC531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.162 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC531
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -20.06, 67.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 70.79, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0624 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.162 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5082, 50.9740, 10.5575)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC531 #3931C5

analogous

#C58331 #BDC531 #73C531

triadic

#BDC531 #31BDC5 #C531BD

tetradic

#BDC531 #31C583 #3931C5 #C53173

square

#BDC531 #31C583 #3931C5 #C53173

split-complementary

#BDC531 #3173C5 #8331C5

monochromatic

#5F6319 #8E9425 #BDC531 #D0D75D #DEE38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDC531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BDC531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC531

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC531	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.162 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d675',
    500: '#bdc531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc531;
$custom-light: #d5d675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79194,
    "c": 0.1615,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC531

secondary

#302D6E

accent

#44E34D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC531

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

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