#BDC541#BDC541

#BDC541 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 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC541
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 65)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -19.27, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 65.22, 107.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0587 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.152 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9079, 51.1339, 12.6622)
Luminance	0.5113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC541 #4941C5

analogous

#C58B41 #BDC541 #7BC541

triadic

#BDC541 #41BDC5 #C541BD

tetradic

#BDC541 #41C58B #4941C5 #C5417B

square

#BDC541 #41C58B #4941C5 #C5417B

split-complementary

#BDC541 #417BC5 #8B41C5

monochromatic

#666B21 #939A2F #BDC541 #CDD370 #DEE29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDC541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BDC541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC541

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC541	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.152 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d67d',
    500: '#bdc541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc541;
$custom-light: #d4d67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.636,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79303,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC541

secondary

#393575

accent

#4BDD54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC541

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

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