#BDC837#BDC837

#BDC837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.161 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC837
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -21.27, 66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 70.02, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0652 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.161 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3314, 52.4041, 11.4987)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC837 #4237C8

analogous

#C88B37 #BDC837 #74C837

triadic

#BDC837 #37BDC8 #C837BD

tetradic

#BDC837 #37C88B #4237C8 #C83774

square

#BDC837 #37C88B #4237C8 #C83774

split-complementary

#BDC837 #3774C8 #8B37C8

monochromatic

#62681D #90982A #BDC837 #CDD567 #DDE297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDC837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#BDC837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC837

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC837	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.161 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d878',
    500: '#bdc837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc837;
$custom-light: #d4d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.552,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79893,
    "c": 0.1613,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC837

secondary

#363172

accent

#48E053

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC837

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

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