#BDCB3A#BDCB3A

#BDCB3A 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	#BDCB3A
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 58)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 71.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -22.60, 66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 70.22, 108.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0686 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.163 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1071, 53.8369, 12.1229)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB3A #483ACB

analogous

#CB903A #BDCB3A #74CB3A

triadic

#BDCB3A #3ABDCB #CB3ABD

tetradic

#BDCB3A #3ACB90 #483ACB #CB3A74

square

#BDCB3A #3ACB90 #483ACB #CB3A74

split-complementary

#BDCB3A #3A74CB #903ACB

monochromatic

#666E1D #939E2A #BDCB3A #CDD86A #DDE59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BDCB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#BDCB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB3A

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB3A	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)

#D9C11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.163 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da7a',
    500: '#bdcb3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb3a;
$custom-light: #d4da7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.793,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80575,
    "c": 0.16275,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB3A

secondary

#393277

accent

#46E155

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB3A

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

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