#BDC938#BDC938

#BDC938 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 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC938
RGB	rgb(189, 201, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -21.72, 66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 70.09, 108.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0663 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.162 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5879, 52.8784, 11.7037)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC938 #4438C9

analogous

#C98D38 #BDC938 #74C938

triadic

#BDC938 #38BDC9 #C938BD

tetradic

#BDC938 #38C98D #4438C9 #C93874

square

#BDC938 #38C98D #4438C9 #C93874

split-complementary

#BDC938 #3874C9 #8D38C9

monochromatic

#636A1D #919A2A #BDC938 #CDD668 #DDE398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BDC938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#BDC938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC938

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC938	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 201, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.162 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d979',
    500: '#bdc938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc938;
$custom-light: #d4d979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.966,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8012,
    "c": 0.16179,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC938

secondary

#373174

accent

#47E154

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC938

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

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