#BDC162#BDC162

#BDC162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.119 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC162
RGB	rgb(189, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(63, 43%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 49%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 49.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -14.80, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 49.19, 107.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0426 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.119 111)
XYZ	xyz(42.2617, 49.8414, 18.9470)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC162 #6662C1

analogous

#C19562 #BDC162 #8EC162

triadic

#BDC162 #62BDC1 #C162BD

tetradic

#BDC162 #62C195 #6662C1 #C1628E

square

#BDC162 #62C195 #6662C1 #C1628E

split-complementary

#BDC162 #628EC1 #9562C1

monochromatic

#767930 #A1A541 #BDC162 #CFD28E #E2E4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BDC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC162

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC162	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBA59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.119 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d391',
    500: '#bdc162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc162;
$custom-light: #d3d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.526,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78771,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.49841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC162

secondary

#AEACD3

accent

#55D35A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC162

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

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