#BDD038#BDD038

#BDD038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.169 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD038
RGB	rgb(189, 208, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 73.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -25.12, 68.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 72.95, 110.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0758 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.169 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2571, 56.2167, 12.2601)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD038 #4B38D0

analogous

#D09738 #BDD038 #71D038

triadic

#BDD038 #38BDD0 #D038BD

tetradic

#BDD038 #38D097 #4B38D0 #D03871

square

#BDD038 #38D097 #4B38D0 #D03871

split-complementary

#BDD038 #3871D0 #9738D0

monochromatic

#68731B #94A427 #BDD038 #CDDC6A #DEE79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BDD038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#BDD038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD038

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD038	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)

#DEC518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 208, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.169 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4de79',
    500: '#bdd038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd038;
$custom-light: #d4de79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81672,
    "c": 0.16936,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD038

secondary

#3A317B

accent

#43E557

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD038

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

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