#BDCB38#BDCB38

#BDCB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.164 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB38
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -22.70, 67.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 70.90, 108.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0691 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.164 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0572, 53.8170, 11.8601)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB38 #4638CB

analogous

#CB8F38 #BDCB38 #73CB38

triadic

#BDCB38 #38BDCB #CB38BD

tetradic

#BDCB38 #38CB8F #4638CB #CB3873

square

#BDCB38 #38CB8F #4638CB #CB3873

split-complementary

#BDCB38 #3873CB #8F38CB

monochromatic

#656C1C #929D29 #BDCB38 #CDD869 #DDE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDCB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BDCB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB38

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB38	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)

#DAC11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.164 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da79',
    500: '#bdcb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb38;
$custom-light: #d4da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80562,
    "c": 0.16393,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB38

secondary

#383176

accent

#46E255

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB38

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

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