#BDC749#BDC749

#BDC749 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.148 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC749
RGB	rgb(189, 199, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -19.77, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 62.93, 108.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0593 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.148 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6134, 52.1475, 14.1227)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC749 #5349C7

analogous

#C79249 #BDC749 #7EC749

triadic

#BDC749 #49BDC7 #C749BD

tetradic

#BDC749 #49C792 #5349C7 #C7497E

square

#BDC749 #49C792 #5349C7 #C7497E

split-complementary

#BDC749 #497EC7 #9249C7

monochromatic

#6C7223 #98A132 #BDC749 #CED578 #DFE4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDC749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BDC749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC749

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC749	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 199, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.148 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d782',
    500: '#bdc749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc749;
$custom-light: #d4d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.762,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79809,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC749

secondary

#3E397B

accent

#4BDC57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC749

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

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