#BDCD47#BDCD47

#BDCD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.156 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD47
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 71)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 65.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -22.84, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 66.32, 110.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0681 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.156 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9559, 54.9370, 14.2484)
Luminance	0.5494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD47 #5747CD

analogous

#CD9A47 #BDCD47 #7ACD47

triadic

#BDCD47 #47BDCD #CD47BD

tetradic

#BDCD47 #47CD9A #5747CD #CD477A

square

#BDCD47 #47CD9A #5747CD #CD477A

split-complementary

#BDCD47 #477ACD #9A47CD

monochromatic

#6E7921 #9AA92E #BDCD47 #CEDA77 #E0E7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDCD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#BDCD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD47

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD47	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.156 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc81',
    500: '#bdcd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd47;
$custom-light: #d4dc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.164,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81115,
    "c": 0.15635,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD47

secondary

#403781

accent

#47E15A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD47

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

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