#BDCD41#BDCD41

#BDCD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.161 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD41
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 65)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -23.20, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 68.58, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0696 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.161 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7728, 54.8638, 13.2839)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD41 #5141CD

analogous

#CD9741 #BDCD41 #77CD41

triadic

#BDCD41 #41BDCD #CD41BD

tetradic

#BDCD41 #41CD97 #5141CD #CD4177

square

#BDCD41 #41CD97 #5141CD #CD4177

split-complementary

#BDCD41 #4177CD #9741CD

monochromatic

#6B751F #97A52C #BDCD41 #CEDA71 #DFE6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDCD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#BDCD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD41

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD41	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.161 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc7e',
    500: '#bdcd41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd41;
$custom-light: #d4dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.857,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81068,
    "c": 0.1605,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD41

secondary

#3D357D

accent

#46E258

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD41

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

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