#BDC83B#BDC83B

#BDC83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.159 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC83B
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 59)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -21.08, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 68.65, 107.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0643 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.159 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4312, 52.4440, 12.0243)
Luminance	0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC83B #463BC8

analogous

#C88C3B #BDC83B #76C83B

triadic

#BDC83B #3BBDC8 #C83BBD

tetradic

#BDC83B #3BC88C #463BC8 #C83B76

square

#BDC83B #3BC88C #463BC8 #C83B76

split-complementary

#BDC83B #3B76C8 #8C3BC8

monochromatic

#656B1E #929A2B #BDC83B #CDD56B #DDE39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDC83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#BDC83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC83B

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC83B	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.159 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d87a',
    500: '#bdc83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc83b;
$custom-light: #d4d87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.681,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79919,
    "c": 0.1589,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC83B

secondary

#383374

accent

#48DF54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC83B

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

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