#BDC918#BDC918

#BDC918 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.175 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC918
RGB	rgb(189, 201, 24)
HSL	hsl(64, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 88.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -22.81, 74.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 78.38, 106.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0716 0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.175 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0392, 52.6589, 8.8136)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC918 #2418C9

analogous

#C97D18 #BDC918 #65C918

triadic

#BDC918 #18BDC9 #C918BD

tetradic

#BDC918 #18C97D #2418C9 #C91865

square

#BDC918 #18C97D #2418C9 #C91865

split-complementary

#BDC918 #1865C9 #7D18C9

monochromatic

#565C0B #8A9211 #BDC918 #DBE737 #E5EE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDC918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#BDC918 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC918

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC918	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)

#D8C12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 201, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.175 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d96c',
    500: '#bdc918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc918;
$custom-light: #d5d96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.068,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79974,
    "c": 0.17543,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC918

secondary

#231E67

accent

#33F540

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC918

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

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