#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
RGBrgb(189, 197, 59)
HSLhsl(63, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(63, 70%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(4.1%, 0%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(76.72, -19.60, 64.52)
CIE-LCHlch(76.72, 67.43, 106.89°)
OKLaboklab(79.26% -0.0602 0.1436)
OKLCHoklch(79.26% 0.156 112.7)
XYZxyz(41.7432, 51.0680, 11.7950)
Luminance0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BDC53B1.001.8711.2111.21
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2121.001.001.00
##00000011.2121.001.001.00

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

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#BDC53B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva