#BDC53B#BDC53B

#BDC53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.156 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC53B
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -19.60, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 67.43, 106.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0602 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.156 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7432, 51.0680, 11.7950)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC53B #433BC5

analogous

#C5883B #BDC53B #78C53B

triadic

#BDC53B #3BBDC5 #C53BBD

tetradic

#BDC53B #3BC588 #433BC5 #C53B78

square

#BDC53B #3BC588 #433BC5 #C53B78

split-complementary

#BDC53B #3B78C5 #883BC5

monochromatic

#63671F #90962C #BDC53B #CDD36A #DDE199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDC53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BDC53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC53B

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC53B	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)

#D4BC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.156 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d67a',
    500: '#bdc53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc53b;
$custom-light: #d4d67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.478,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79258,
    "c": 0.1557,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC53B

secondary

#363371

accent

#4ADE53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC53B

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

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