#BDC739#BDC739

#BDC739 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.159 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC739
RGB	rgb(189, 199, 57)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -20.68, 65.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 68.94, 107.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0634 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.159 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1495, 51.9619, 11.6794)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC739 #4339C7

analogous

#C78A39 #BDC739 #76C739

triadic

#BDC739 #39BDC7 #C739BD

tetradic

#BDC739 #39C78A #4339C7 #C73976

square

#BDC739 #39C78A #4339C7 #C73976

split-complementary

#BDC739 #3976C7 #8A39C7

monochromatic

#63681D #90982B #BDC739 #CDD469 #DDE298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDC739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#BDC739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC739

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC739	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)

#D6BD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 199, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.159 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d779',
    500: '#bdc739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc739;
$custom-light: #d4d779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.225,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79685,
    "c": 0.15905,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC739

secondary

#363272

accent

#49DF53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC739

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

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