#BDC540#BDC540

#BDC540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.152 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC540
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -19.33, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 65.60, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0589 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.152 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8791, 51.1224, 12.5110)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC540 #4840C5

analogous

#C58A40 #BDC540 #7AC540

triadic

#BDC540 #40BDC5 #C540BD

tetradic

#BDC540 #40C58A #4840C5 #C5407A

square

#BDC540 #40C58A #4840C5 #C5407A

split-complementary

#BDC540 #407AC5 #8A40C5

monochromatic

#666A20 #93992F #BDC540 #CDD36F #DDE29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDC540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BDC540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC540

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC540	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.152 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d67c',
    500: '#bdc540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc540;
$custom-light: #d4d67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.609,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79295,
    "c": 0.15241,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC540

secondary

#393574

accent

#4BDD54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC540

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

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