#BDC937#BDC937

#BDC937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.162 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC937
RGB	rgb(189, 201, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -21.77, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 70.42, 108.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0666 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.162 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5637, 52.8688, 11.5762)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC937 #4337C9

analogous

#C98C37 #BDC937 #74C937

triadic

#BDC937 #37BDC9 #C937BD

tetradic

#BDC937 #37C98C #4337C9 #C93774

square

#BDC937 #37C98C #4337C9 #C93774

split-complementary

#BDC937 #3774C9 #8C37C9

monochromatic

#63691C #909929 #BDC937 #CDD667 #DDE397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BDC937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#BDC937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC937

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC937	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 201, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.162 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d978',
    500: '#bdc937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc937;
$custom-light: #d4d978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.932,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80114,
    "c": 0.16237,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC937

secondary

#363173

accent

#47E154

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC937

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

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