#BDC159#BDC159

#BDC159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.128 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC159
RGB	rgb(189, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -15.59, 51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 53.39, 106.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0458 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.128 111)
XYZ	xyz(41.8604, 49.6809, 16.8335)
Luminance	0.4968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC159 #5D59C1

analogous

#C19159 #BDC159 #89C159

triadic

#BDC159 #59BDC1 #C159BD

tetradic

#BDC159 #59C191 #5D59C1 #C15989

square

#BDC159 #59C191 #5D59C1 #C15989

split-complementary

#BDC159 #5989C1 #9159C1

monochromatic

#71742B #9DA13C #BDC159 #CFD286 #E0E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BDC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC159

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC159	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.128 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d38b',
    500: '#bdc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc159;
$custom-light: #d3d38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7866,
    "c": 0.12774,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.4968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC159

secondary

#A7A5D1

accent

#53D558

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC159

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

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