#BDCD39#BDCD39

#BDCD39 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 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD39
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 57)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -23.62, 67.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 71.38, 109.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0715 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.166 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5573, 54.7776, 12.1487)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD39 #4939CD

analogous

#CD9339 #BDCD39 #73CD39

triadic

#BDCD39 #39BDCD #CD39BD

tetradic

#BDCD39 #39CD93 #4939CD #CD3973

square

#BDCD39 #39CD93 #4939CD #CD3973

split-complementary

#BDCD39 #3973CD #9339CD

monochromatic

#666F1C #93A028 #BDCD39 #CDD96A #DEE69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BDCD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#BDCD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD39

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD39	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC21C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.166 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc7a',
    500: '#bdcd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd39;
$custom-light: #d4dc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.486,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81012,
    "c": 0.16551,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD39

secondary

#393279

accent

#45E356

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD39

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

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