#BDC83E#BDC83E
#BDC83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.157 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BDC83E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(189, 200, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 56%, 51%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 69%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 69%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.56, -20.92, 64.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.56, 67.57, 108.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.94% -0.0636 0.1435) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.94% 0.157 113.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.5112, 52.4760, 12.4460) |
| Luminance | 0.5248 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.04
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.10
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 3.82
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.20
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 4.56
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 5.10
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BDC83E #493EC8
analogous
#C88E3E #BDC83E #78C83E
triadic
#BDC83E #3EBDC8 #C83EBD
tetradic
#BDC83E #3EC88E #493EC8 #C83E78
square
#BDC83E #3EC88E #493EC8 #C83E78
split-complementary
#BDC83E #3E78C8 #8E3EC8
monochromatic
#666D1F #939C2D #BDC83E #CDD66E #DEE39D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.83
#BDC83E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.50
#BDC83E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BDC83E
11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BDC83E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BDC83E | 1.00 | 1.83 | 11.50 | 11.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.83 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BE28
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D6C148
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C9BCAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bdc83e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.157 113.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d4d87c',
500: '#bdc83e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bdc83e; $custom-light: #d4d87c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bdc83e",
"rgb": {
"r": 189,
"g": 200,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.783,
"s": 55.645,
"l": 51.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79941,
"c": 0.15699,
"h": 113.9
},
"luminance": 0.52475
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BDC83E
secondary
#393476
accent
#49DF55
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFBF2
border
#D4D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D