#BDC649#BDC649

#BDC649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.147 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC649
RGB	rgb(189, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 63.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -19.27, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 62.50, 107.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0579 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.147 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3841, 51.6889, 14.0463)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC649 #5249C6

analogous

#C69049 #BDC649 #7EC649

triadic

#BDC649 #49BDC6 #C649BD

tetradic

#BDC649 #49C690 #5249C6 #C6497E

square

#BDC649 #49C690 #5249C6 #C6497E

split-complementary

#BDC649 #497EC6 #9049C6

monochromatic

#6C7123 #98A032 #BDC649 #CED578 #DFE3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDC649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BDC649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC649

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC649	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.147 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d782',
    500: '#bdc649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc649;
$custom-light: #d4d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.32,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79589,
    "c": 0.14698,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC649

secondary

#3E397A

accent

#4CDC56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC649

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

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