#BDC72C#BDC72C
#BDC72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.166 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BDC72C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(189, 199, 44) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 64%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 78%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5%, 0%, 77.9%, 22%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.19, -21.25, 69.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.19, 73.04, 106.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.61% -0.066 0.1524) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.61% 0.166 113.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.8657, 51.8484, 10.1847) |
| Luminance | 0.5185 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 1.77
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 1.89
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 3.30
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.59
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.03
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BDC72C #362CC7
analogous
#C7832C #BDC72C #6FC72C
triadic
#BDC72C #2CBDC7 #C72CBD
tetradic
#BDC72C #2CC783 #362CC7 #C72C6F
square
#BDC72C #2CC783 #362CC7 #C72C6F
split-complementary
#BDC72C #2C6FC7 #832CC7
monochromatic
#5E6316 #8D9521 #BDC72C #D1DA56 #DFE589
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.85
#BDC72C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.37
#BDC72C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BDC72C
11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BDC72C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BDC72C | 1.00 | 1.85 | 11.37 | 11.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.85 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BD00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D6C03A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CABBAB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bdc72c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 199, 44); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.166 113.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d5d773',
500: '#bdc72c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bdc72c; $custom-light: #d5d773; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bdc72c",
"rgb": {
"r": 189,
"g": 199,
"b": 44
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.871,
"s": 63.786,
"l": 47.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79609,
"c": 0.16606,
"h": 113.4
},
"luminance": 0.51848
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BDC72C
secondary
#2E2A6D
accent
#41E74C
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF1
border
#D5D4CB
text
#151409
muted
#84837D