#BDC917#BDC917

#BDC917 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.176 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC917
RGB	rgb(189, 201, 23)
HSL	hsl(64, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 88.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -22.83, 75.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 78.55, 106.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0717 0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.176 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0290, 52.6549, 8.7598)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC917 #2317C9

analogous

#C97C17 #BDC917 #64C917

triadic

#BDC917 #17BDC9 #C917BD

tetradic

#BDC917 #17C97C #2317C9 #C91764

square

#BDC917 #17C97C #2317C9 #C91764

split-complementary

#BDC917 #1764C9 #7C17C9

monochromatic

#565B0A #899211 #BDC917 #DCE835 #E5EE6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDC917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#BDC917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC917

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC917	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 201, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.176 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d96c',
    500: '#bdc917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc917;
$custom-light: #d5d96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.045,
    "s": 79.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79972,
    "c": 0.17569,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC917

secondary

#221D67

accent

#32F63F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC917

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

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