#BDC537#BDC537

#BDC537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.158 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC537
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -19.79, 65.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 68.83, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0611 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.158 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6434, 51.0281, 11.2694)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC537 #3F37C5

analogous

#C58637 #BDC537 #76C537

triadic

#BDC537 #37BDC5 #C537BD

tetradic

#BDC537 #37C586 #3F37C5 #C53776

square

#BDC537 #37C586 #3F37C5 #C53776

split-complementary

#BDC537 #3776C5 #8637C5

monochromatic

#61651C #8F952A #BDC537 #CED465 #DDE195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDC537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BDC537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC537

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC537	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.158 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d678',
    500: '#bdc537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc537;
$custom-light: #d4d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.38,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79231,
    "c": 0.15814,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC537

secondary

#343170

accent

#48E051

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC537

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

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