#BDCE37#BDCE37

#BDCE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.168 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE37
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -24.20, 68.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 72.45, 109.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0733 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.168 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7483, 55.2379, 11.9711)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE37 #4837CE

analogous

#CE9337 #BDCE37 #71CE37

triadic

#BDCE37 #37BDCE #CE37BD

tetradic

#BDCE37 #37CE93 #4837CE #CE3771

square

#BDCE37 #37CE93 #4837CE #CE3771

split-complementary

#BDCE37 #3771CE #9337CE

monochromatic

#666F1B #93A027 #BDCE37 #CDDA68 #DDE699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDCE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#BDCE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE37

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE37	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.168 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5dc79',
    500: '#bdce37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce37;
$custom-light: #d5dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.755,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81221,
    "c": 0.16774,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE37

secondary

#393179

accent

#44E456

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE37

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

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