#BDC539#BDC539

#BDC539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.157 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC539
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 57)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -19.70, 65.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 68.14, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0606 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.157 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6923, 51.0477, 11.5270)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC539 #4139C5

analogous

#C58739 #BDC539 #77C539

triadic

#BDC539 #39BDC5 #C539BD

tetradic

#BDC539 #39C587 #4139C5 #C53977

square

#BDC539 #39C587 #4139C5 #C53977

split-complementary

#BDC539 #3977C5 #8739C5

monochromatic

#62661E #8F962B #BDC539 #CDD368 #DDE197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDC539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BDC539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC539

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC539	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)

#D4BC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.157 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d679',
    500: '#bdc539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc539;
$custom-light: #d4d679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79244,
    "c": 0.15694,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC539

secondary

#353270

accent

#49DE52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC539

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

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