#BDCB45#BDCB45

#BDCB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.156 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB45
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 69)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 66%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -21.99, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 66.22, 109.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0659 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.156 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4175, 53.9611, 13.7574)
Luminance	0.5396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB45 #5345CB

analogous

#CB9645 #BDCB45 #7ACB45

triadic

#BDCB45 #45BDCB #CB45BD

tetradic

#BDCB45 #45CB96 #5345CB #CB457A

square

#BDCB45 #45CB96 #5345CB #CB457A

split-complementary

#BDCB45 #457ACB #9645CB

monochromatic

#6C7521 #98A52E #BDCB45 #CED875 #DFE6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BDCB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#BDCB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB45

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB45	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)

#D9C132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.156 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da80',
    500: '#bdcb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb45;
$custom-light: #d4da80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.269,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80657,
    "c": 0.15552,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB45

secondary

#3E377E

accent

#48E058

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB45

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

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