#BDC251#BDC251

#BDC251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.136 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC251
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -16.72, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 57.40, 106.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0498 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.136 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7643, 49.9974, 15.2334)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC251 #5651C2

analogous

#C28F51 #BDC251 #85C251

triadic

#BDC251 #51BDC2 #C251BD

tetradic

#BDC251 #51C28F #5651C2 #C25185

square

#BDC251 #51C28F #5651C2 #C25185

split-complementary

#BDC251 #5185C2 #8F51C2

monochromatic

#6E7128 #9A9E37 #BDC251 #CED27E #DFE2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BDC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC251

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC251	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.136 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d486',
    500: '#bdc251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc251;
$custom-light: #d3d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.655,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78791,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC251

secondary

#A19FD0

accent

#50D856

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC251

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

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