#BDCD36#BDCD36

#BDCD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.167 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD36
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -23.76, 68.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 72.36, 109.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0722 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.167 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4846, 54.7485, 11.7661)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD36 #4636CD

analogous

#CD9236 #BDCD36 #71CD36

triadic

#BDCD36 #36BDCD #CD36BD

tetradic

#BDCD36 #36CD92 #4636CD #CD3671

square

#BDCD36 #36CD92 #4636CD #CD3671

split-complementary

#BDCD36 #3671CD #9236CD

monochromatic

#656D1B #929E27 #BDCD36 #CDD967 #DDE598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BDCD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#BDCD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD36

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD36	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.167 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5dc78',
    500: '#bdcd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd36;
$custom-light: #d5dc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.358,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80993,
    "c": 0.16722,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD36

secondary

#383077

accent

#44E355

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD36

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

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