#BDC538#BDC538

#BDC538 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	#BDC538
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -19.75, 65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 68.48, 106.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0609 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.158 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6676, 51.0378, 11.3969)
Luminance	0.5104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC538 #4038C5

analogous

#C58638 #BDC538 #77C538

triadic

#BDC538 #38BDC5 #C538BD

tetradic

#BDC538 #38C586 #4038C5 #C53877

square

#BDC538 #38C586 #4038C5 #C53877

split-complementary

#BDC538 #3877C5 #8638C5

monochromatic

#62661D #8F952A #BDC538 #CDD467 #DDE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDC538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BDC538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC538

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC538	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)

#D4BC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.158 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d678',
    500: '#bdc538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc538;
$custom-light: #d4d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.404,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79238,
    "c": 0.15755,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC538

secondary

#353170

accent

#49DF51

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC538

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

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