#BDC738#BDC738

#BDC738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.160 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC738
RGB	rgb(189, 199, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -20.73, 66.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 69.28, 107.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0636 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.16 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1248, 51.9521, 11.5493)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC738 #4238C7

analogous

#C78A38 #BDC738 #75C738

triadic

#BDC738 #38BDC7 #C738BD

tetradic

#BDC738 #38C78A #4238C7 #C73875

square

#BDC738 #38C78A #4238C7 #C73875

split-complementary

#BDC738 #3875C7 #8A38C7

monochromatic

#62671D #90972B #BDC738 #CDD468 #DDE298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDC738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#BDC738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC738

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC738	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 199, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.160 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d778',
    500: '#bdc738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc738;
$custom-light: #d4d778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.196,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79678,
    "c": 0.15966,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC738

secondary

#363272

accent

#48DF53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC738

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →