#BDC156#BDC156

#BDC156 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.130 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC156
RGB	rgb(189, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 55.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -15.83, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 54.75, 106.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0468 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.13 111)
XYZ	xyz(41.7370, 49.6316, 16.1835)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC156 #5A56C1

analogous

#C19056 #BDC156 #88C156

triadic

#BDC156 #56BDC1 #C156BD

tetradic

#BDC156 #56C190 #5A56C1 #C15688

square

#BDC156 #56C190 #5A56C1 #C15688

split-complementary

#BDC156 #5688C1 #9056C1

monochromatic

#70732A #9C9F3A #BDC156 #CED183 #E0E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BDC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC156

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC156	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.130 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d389',
    500: '#bdc156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc156;
$custom-light: #d3d389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.243,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78626,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.49631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC156

secondary

#A5A3D0

accent

#52D657

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC156

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

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