#BDCD49#BDCD49
#BDCD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.155 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BDCD49 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(189, 205, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 57%, 55%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 64%, 80%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.02, -22.72, 61.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.02, 65.54, 110.28°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.13% -0.0675 0.1394) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.13% 0.155 115.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.0212, 54.9631, 14.5920) |
| Luminance | 0.5496 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 3.96
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 4.41
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 4.49
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 4.96
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 5.54
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 5.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BDCD49 #5949CD
analogous
#CD9B49 #BDCD49 #7BCD49
triadic
#BDCD49 #49BDCD #CD49BD
tetradic
#BDCD49 #49CD9B #5949CD #CD497B
square
#BDCD49 #49CD9B #5949CD #CD497B
split-complementary
#BDCD49 #497BCD #9B49CD
monochromatic
#6F7A22 #9BAA2F #BDCD49 #CEDA79 #E0E7A9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.75
#BDCD49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.99
#BDCD49 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BDCD49
11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BDCD49 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BDCD49 | 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)
#DBC337
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C552
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C8C2B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bdcd49; /* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.155 115.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d4dc82',
500: '#bdcd49',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bdcd49; $custom-light: #d4dc82; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bdcd49",
"rgb": {
"r": 189,
"g": 205,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.273,
"s": 56.897,
"l": 54.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81132,
"c": 0.15488,
"h": 115.8
},
"luminance": 0.54962
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BDCD49
secondary
#413882
accent
#48E05A
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFBF2
border
#D4D4CC
text
#15150B
muted
#84847E