#BDCF38#BDCF38

#BDCF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.168 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCF38
RGB	rgb(189, 207, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -24.64, 68.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 72.53, 109.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0744 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.168 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0140, 55.7306, 12.1791)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCF38 #4A38CF

analogous

#CF9638 #BDCF38 #72CF38

triadic

#BDCF38 #38BDCF #CF38BD

tetradic

#BDCF38 #38CF96 #4A38CF #CF3872

square

#BDCF38 #38CF96 #4A38CF #CF3872

split-complementary

#BDCF38 #3872CF #9638CF

monochromatic

#67711B #94A327 #BDCF38 #CDDB69 #DEE79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#BDCF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCF38

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCF38	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 207, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.168 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dd79',
    500: '#bdcf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcf38;
$custom-light: #d4dd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.152,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8145,
    "c": 0.16826,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCF38

secondary

#3A317A

accent

#44E457

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCF38

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

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