#BDCB3B#BDCB3B

#BDCB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.162 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB3B
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 59)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -22.55, 66.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 69.88, 108.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0684 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.162 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1328, 53.8472, 12.2582)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB3B #493BCB

analogous

#CB913B #BDCB3B #75CB3B

triadic

#BDCB3B #3BBDCB #CB3BBD

tetradic

#BDCB3B #3BCB91 #493BCB #CB3B75

square

#BDCB3B #3BCB91 #493BCB #CB3B75

split-complementary

#BDCB3B #3B75CB #913BCB

monochromatic

#666E1D #939F2A #BDCB3B #CDD86B #DEE59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BDCB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#BDCB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB3B

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB3B	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)

#D9C121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.162 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da7a',
    500: '#bdcb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb3b;
$custom-light: #d4da7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.833,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80582,
    "c": 0.16214,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB3B

secondary

#393378

accent

#47E156

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB3B

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

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