#BDD737#BDD737

#BDD737 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.178 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD737
RGB	rgb(189, 215, 55)
HSL	hsl(70, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 74.4%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -28.50, 70.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 76.18, 111.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0852 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.178 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9773, 59.6959, 12.7140)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD737 #5137D7

analogous

#D7A137 #BDD737 #6DD737

triadic

#BDD737 #37BDD7 #D737BD

tetradic

#BDD737 #37D7A1 #5137D7 #D7376D

square

#BDD737 #37D7A1 #5137D7 #D7376D

split-complementary

#BDD737 #376DD7 #A137D7

monochromatic

#6B7B19 #97AE23 #BDD737 #CEE16A #DFEB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BDD737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#BDD737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD737

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD737	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 215, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.178 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5e37a',
    500: '#bdd737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd737;
$custom-light: #d5e37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.75,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83227,
    "c": 0.17762,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD737

secondary

#3D3083

accent

#3EEA5A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD737

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

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