#BDCB36#BDCB36

#BDCB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.165 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB36
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 73.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -22.79, 67.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 71.55, 108.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0695 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.165 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0093, 53.7978, 11.6077)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB36 #4436CB

analogous

#CB8F36 #BDCB36 #72CB36

triadic

#BDCB36 #36BDCB #CB36BD

tetradic

#BDCB36 #36CB8F #4436CB #CB3672

square

#BDCB36 #36CB8F #4436CB #CB3672

split-complementary

#BDCB36 #3672CB #8F36CB

monochromatic

#636B1C #919C28 #BDCB36 #CDD867 #DDE497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDCB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BDCB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB36

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB36	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.165 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da78',
    500: '#bdcb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb36;
$custom-light: #d4da78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.638,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8055,
    "c": 0.16507,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB36

secondary

#373175

accent

#46E254

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB36

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

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