#BDD037#BDD037

#BDD037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.170 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD037
RGB	rgb(189, 208, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 73.6%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -25.16, 68.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 73.27, 110.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.076 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.17 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2329, 56.2070, 12.1326)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD037 #4A37D0

analogous

#D09737 #BDD037 #71D037

triadic

#BDD037 #37BDD0 #D037BD

tetradic

#BDD037 #37D097 #4A37D0 #D03771

square

#BDD037 #37D097 #4A37D0 #D03771

split-complementary

#BDD037 #3771D0 #9737D0

monochromatic

#67721B #94A326 #BDD037 #CDDC69 #DEE79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BDD037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#BDD037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD037

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD037	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 208, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.170 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5de79',
    500: '#bdd037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd037;
$custom-light: #d5de79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.451,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81666,
    "c": 0.16992,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD037

secondary

#3A307B

accent

#43E557

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD037

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

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