#BDC157#BDC157

#BDC157 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	#BDC157
RGB	rgb(189, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 54.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -15.75, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 54.30, 106.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0465 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.13 111)
XYZ	xyz(41.7775, 49.6478, 16.3972)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC157 #5B57C1

analogous

#C19057 #BDC157 #88C157

triadic

#BDC157 #57BDC1 #C157BD

tetradic

#BDC157 #57C190 #5B57C1 #C15788

square

#BDC157 #57C190 #5B57C1 #C15788

split-complementary

#BDC157 #5788C1 #9057C1

monochromatic

#70732A #9CA03B #BDC157 #CFD184 #E0E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BDC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC157

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC157	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)

#CEB94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.130 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d38a',
    500: '#bdc157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc157;
$custom-light: #d3d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.264,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78637,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.49647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC157

secondary

#A5A4D0

accent

#52D657

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC157

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

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