#BDCB49#BDCB49

#BDCB49 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	#BDCB49
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -21.74, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 64.66, 109.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0648 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.153 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.5458, 54.0124, 14.4335)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB49 #5749CB

analogous

#CB9849 #BDCB49 #7CCB49

triadic

#BDCB49 #49BDCB #CB49BD

tetradic

#BDCB49 #49CB98 #5749CB #CB497C

square

#BDCB49 #49CB98 #5749CB #CB497C

split-complementary

#BDCB49 #497CCB #9849CB

monochromatic

#6E7722 #9AA730 #BDCB49 #CED979 #E0E6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BDCB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#BDCB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB49

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB49	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)

#D9C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.153 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da82',
    500: '#bdcb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb49;
$custom-light: #d4da82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.462,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8069,
    "c": 0.15261,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB49

secondary

#403880

accent

#49DF59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB49

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

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