#BDC549#BDC549

#BDC549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.146 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC549
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -18.78, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 62.07, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0565 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.146 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1562, 51.2332, 13.9703)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC549 #5149C5

analogous

#C58F49 #BDC549 #7FC549

triadic

#BDC549 #49BDC5 #C549BD

tetradic

#BDC549 #49C58F #5149C5 #C5497F

square

#BDC549 #49C58F #5149C5 #C5497F

split-complementary

#BDC549 #497FC5 #8F49C5

monochromatic

#6B7024 #979E32 #BDC549 #CED477 #DFE3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDC549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BDC549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC549

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC549	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.146 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d682',
    500: '#bdc549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc549;
$custom-light: #d4d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7937,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC549

secondary

#3D3979

accent

#4DDB56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC549

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

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