#BDCB39#BDCB39

#BDCB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.163 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB39
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 57)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 71.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -22.65, 66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 70.56, 108.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0688 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.163 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0819, 53.8268, 11.9902)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB39 #4739CB

analogous

#CB9039 #BDCB39 #74CB39

triadic

#BDCB39 #39BDCB #CB39BD

tetradic

#BDCB39 #39CB90 #4739CB #CB3974

square

#BDCB39 #39CB90 #4739CB #CB3974

split-complementary

#BDCB39 #3974CB #9039CB

monochromatic

#656D1D #929D29 #BDCB39 #CDD869 #DDE49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BDCB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#BDCB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB39

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB39	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.163 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da79',
    500: '#bdcb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb39;
$custom-light: #d4da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.753,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80569,
    "c": 0.16334,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB39

secondary

#383276

accent

#46E255

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB39

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

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