#BDCC37#BDCC37

#BDCC37 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 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCC37
RGB	rgb(189, 204, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -23.23, 67.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 71.63, 108.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.0706 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.166 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2699, 54.2811, 11.8116)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCC37 #4637CC

analogous

#CC9037 #BDCC37 #72CC37

triadic

#BDCC37 #37BDCC #CC37BD

tetradic

#BDCC37 #37CC90 #4637CC #CC3772

square

#BDCC37 #37CC90 #4637CC #CC3772

split-complementary

#BDCC37 #3772CC #9037CC

monochromatic

#656D1C #929E28 #BDCC37 #CDD868 #DDE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDCC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#BDCC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCC37

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCC37	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcc37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 204, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.166 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4db78',
    500: '#bdcc37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcc37;
$custom-light: #d4db78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcc37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.04,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80778,
    "c": 0.16558,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCC37

secondary

#383176

accent

#45E355

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCC37

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

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