#BDCD3B#BDCD3B

#BDCD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.164 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD3B
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 59)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -23.52, 66.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 70.70, 109.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0711 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.164 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6081, 54.7979, 12.4166)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD3B #4B3BCD

analogous

#CD943B #BDCD3B #74CD3B

triadic

#BDCD3B #3BBDCD #CD3BBD

tetradic

#BDCD3B #3BCD94 #4B3BCD #CD3B74

square

#BDCD3B #3BCD94 #4B3BCD #CD3B74

split-complementary

#BDCD3B #3B74CD #943BCD

monochromatic

#68711D #94A229 #BDCD3B #CDD96C #DEE69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BDCD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#BDCD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD3B

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD3B	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)

#DBC320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.164 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc7b',
    500: '#bdcd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd3b;
$custom-light: #d4dc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.575,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81025,
    "c": 0.16432,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD3B

secondary

#3A327A

accent

#45E357

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD3B

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

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