#BDCD48#BDCD48

#BDCD48 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	#BDCD48
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 72)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -22.78, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 65.93, 110.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0678 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.156 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9883, 54.9500, 14.4188)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD48 #5848CD

analogous

#CD9B48 #BDCD48 #7BCD48

triadic

#BDCD48 #48BDCD #CD48BD

tetradic

#BDCD48 #48CD9B #5848CD #CD487B

square

#BDCD48 #48CD9B #5848CD #CD487B

split-complementary

#BDCD48 #487BCD #9B48CD

monochromatic

#6F7921 #9BA92E #BDCD48 #CEDA78 #E0E7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDCD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#BDCD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD48

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD48	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)

#DBC336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.156 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc82',
    500: '#bdcd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd48;
$custom-light: #d4dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.218,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81124,
    "c": 0.15562,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD48

secondary

#413882

accent

#47E05A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD48

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

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