#BDCC3B#BDCC3B
#BDCC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.163 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BDCC3B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(189, 204, 59) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 59%, 52%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 71%, 80%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 71.1%, 20%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.65, -23.03, 66.41) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.65, 70.29, 109.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.8% -0.0697 0.1476) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.8% 0.163 115.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.3697, 54.3210, 12.3372) |
| Luminance | 0.5432 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 2.90
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.15
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.28
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 4.63
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.73
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 5.21
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BDCC3B #4A3BCC
analogous
#CC933B #BDCC3B #75CC3B
triadic
#BDCC3B #3BBDCC #CC3BBD
tetradic
#BDCC3B #3BCC93 #4A3BCC #CC3B75
square
#BDCC3B #3BCC93 #4A3BCC #CC3B75
split-complementary
#BDCC3B #3B75CC #933BCC
monochromatic
#67701D #94A02A #BDCC3B #CDD96C #DEE59C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.77
#BDCC3B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.86
#BDCC3B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BDCC3B
11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BDCC3B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BDCC3B | 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)
#DAC221
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C447
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C9C0B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bdcc3b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 204, 59); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.163 115.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d4db7a',
500: '#bdcc3b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bdcc3b; $custom-light: #d4db7a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bdcc3b",
"rgb": {
"r": 189,
"g": 204,
"b": 59
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.207,
"s": 58.704,
"l": 51.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80804,
"c": 0.16322,
"h": 115.3
},
"luminance": 0.5432
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BDCC3B
secondary
#3A3279
accent
#46E256
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15150A
muted
#84847D