#BDCB44#BDCB44

#BDCB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.156 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB44
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 68)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 66.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -22.05, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 66.61, 109.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0661 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.156 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3867, 53.9488, 13.5953)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB44 #5244CB

analogous

#CB9544 #BDCB44 #79CB44

triadic

#BDCB44 #44BDCB #CB44BD

tetradic

#BDCB44 #44CB95 #5244CB #CB4479

square

#BDCB44 #44CB95 #5244CB #CB4479

split-complementary

#BDCB44 #4479CB #9544CB

monochromatic

#6C7420 #98A42E #BDCB44 #CED874 #DFE6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BDCB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#BDCB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB44

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB44	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.156 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da7f',
    500: '#bdcb44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb44;
$custom-light: #d4da7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.222,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80649,
    "c": 0.15623,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB44

secondary

#3E367D

accent

#48E058

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB44

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

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