#BDCC36#BDCC36

#BDCC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.166 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCC36
RGB	rgb(189, 204, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -23.28, 68.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 71.96, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0708 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.166 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2462, 54.2716, 11.6866)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCC36 #4536CC

analogous

#CC9036 #BDCC36 #72CC36

triadic

#BDCC36 #36BDCC #CC36BD

tetradic

#BDCC36 #36CC90 #4536CC #CC3672

square

#BDCC36 #36CC90 #4536CC #CC3672

split-complementary

#BDCC36 #3672CC #9036CC

monochromatic

#646C1B #919D28 #BDCC36 #CDD867 #DDE598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDCC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#BDCC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCC36

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCC36	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 204, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.166 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5db78',
    500: '#bdcc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcc36;
$custom-light: #d5db78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80771,
    "c": 0.16615,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCC36

secondary

#373076

accent

#45E355

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCC36

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

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