#BDCB48#BDCB48

#BDCB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.153 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB48
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 72)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 64.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -21.80, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 65.06, 109.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0651 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.153 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.5129, 53.9993, 14.2603)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB48 #5648CB

analogous

#CB9848 #BDCB48 #7CCB48

triadic

#BDCB48 #48BDCB #CB48BD

tetradic

#BDCB48 #48CB98 #5648CB #CB487C

square

#BDCB48 #48CB98 #5648CB #CB487C

split-complementary

#BDCB48 #487CCB #9848CB

monochromatic

#6E7722 #9AA62F #BDCB48 #CED978 #DFE6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BDCB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#BDCB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB48

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB48	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.153 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da81',
    500: '#bdcb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb48;
$custom-light: #d4da81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.412,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80682,
    "c": 0.15335,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB48

secondary

#3F387F

accent

#49DF59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB48

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

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