#BDCD38#BDCD38

#BDCD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.166 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD38
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -23.67, 67.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 71.71, 109.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0718 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.166 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5326, 54.7677, 12.0186)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD38 #4838CD

analogous

#CD9238 #BDCD38 #72CD38

triadic

#BDCD38 #38BDCD #CD38BD

tetradic

#BDCD38 #38CD92 #4838CD #CD3872

square

#BDCD38 #38CD92 #4838CD #CD3872

split-complementary

#BDCD38 #3872CD #9238CD

monochromatic

#666F1C #93A028 #BDCD38 #CDD969 #DDE69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BDCD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#BDCD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD38

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD38	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)

#DBC21A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.166 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc79',
    500: '#bdcd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd38;
$custom-light: #d4dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.443,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81006,
    "c": 0.16609,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD38

secondary

#393178

accent

#45E356

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD38

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

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