#BDCD37#BDCD37

#BDCD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; 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	#BDCD37
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -23.72, 68.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 72.04, 109.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.072 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.167 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5083, 54.7580, 11.8911)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD37 #4737CD

analogous

#CD9237 #BDCD37 #72CD37

triadic

#BDCD37 #37BDCD #CD37BD

tetradic

#BDCD37 #37CD92 #4737CD #CD3772

square

#BDCD37 #37CD92 #4737CD #CD3772

split-complementary

#BDCD37 #3772CD #9237CD

monochromatic

#656E1C #929F28 #BDCD37 #CDD968 #DDE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BDCD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#BDCD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD37

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD37	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)

#DCC217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.167 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc79',
    500: '#bdcd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd37;
$custom-light: #d4dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.4,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80999,
    "c": 0.16667,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD37

secondary

#383177

accent

#45E356

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD37

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

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