#BDD338#BDD338

#BDD338 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.173 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD338
RGB	rgb(189, 211, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 73.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -26.56, 69.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 74.19, 110.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0798 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.173 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9954, 57.6934, 12.5062)
Luminance	0.5769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD338 #4E38D3

analogous

#D39B38 #BDD338 #70D338

triadic

#BDD338 #38BDD3 #D338BD

tetradic

#BDD338 #38D39B #4E38D3 #D33870

square

#BDD338 #38D39B #4E38D3 #D33870

split-complementary

#BDD338 #3870D3 #9B38D3

monochromatic

#69761A #96A925 #BDD338 #CEDE6A #DEE99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BDD338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#BDD338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD338

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD338	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 211, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.173 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5e07a',
    500: '#bdd338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd338;
$custom-light: #d5e07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.516,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8234,
    "c": 0.17266,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD338

secondary

#3C307F

accent

#41E759

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD338

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

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