#BDC637#BDC637

#BDC637 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.159 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC637
RGB	rgb(189, 198, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -20.29, 66.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 69.22, 107.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0625 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.159 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8712, 51.4837, 11.3454)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC637 #4037C6

analogous

#C68737 #BDC637 #76C637

triadic

#BDC637 #37BDC6 #C637BD

tetradic

#BDC637 #37C687 #4037C6 #C63776

square

#BDC637 #37C687 #4037C6 #C63776

split-complementary

#BDC637 #3776C6 #8737C6

monochromatic

#62661C #8F962A #BDC637 #CDD466 #DDE296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDC637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BDC637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC637

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC637	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 198, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.159 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d778',
    500: '#bdc637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc637;
$custom-light: #d4d778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.776,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79451,
    "c": 0.15919,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC637

secondary

#353170

accent

#48E052

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC637

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

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