#BDC059#BDC059

#BDC059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.127 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC059
RGB	rgb(189, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 53.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -15.08, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 52.94, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0443 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.127 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6401, 49.2403, 16.7601)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC059 #5C59C0

analogous

#C09059 #BDC059 #89C059

triadic

#BDC059 #59BDC0 #C059BD

tetradic

#BDC059 #59C090 #5C59C0 #C05989

square

#BDC059 #59C090 #5C59C0 #C05989

split-complementary

#BDC059 #5989C0 #9059C0

monochromatic

#71732C #9C9F3C #BDC059 #CFD185 #E0E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDC059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BDC059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC059

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC059	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.127 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d28b',
    500: '#bdc059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc059;
$custom-light: #d3d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.748,
    "s": 44.978,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78443,
    "c": 0.12659,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC059

secondary

#A6A5D0

accent

#53D557

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC059

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

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