#BDC638#BDC638

#BDC638 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	#BDC638
RGB	rgb(189, 198, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -20.24, 65.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 68.88, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0622 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.159 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8954, 51.4934, 11.4729)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC638 #4138C6

analogous

#C68838 #BDC638 #76C638

triadic

#BDC638 #38BDC6 #C638BD

tetradic

#BDC638 #38C688 #4138C6 #C63876

square

#BDC638 #38C688 #4138C6 #C63876

split-complementary

#BDC638 #3876C6 #8838C6

monochromatic

#62671D #8F962B #BDC638 #CDD467 #DDE297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDC638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BDC638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC638

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC638	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)

#D5BD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 198, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.159 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d778',
    500: '#bdc638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc638;
$custom-light: #d4d778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.803,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79458,
    "c": 0.1586,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC638

secondary

#353171

accent

#49DF52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC638

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

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