#BDC255#BDC255

#BDC255 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.133 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC255
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -16.41, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 55.64, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0486 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.133 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9188, 50.0592, 16.0468)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC255 #5A55C2

analogous

#C29055 #BDC255 #87C255

triadic

#BDC255 #55BDC2 #C255BD

tetradic

#BDC255 #55C290 #5A55C2 #C25587

square

#BDC255 #55C290 #5A55C2 #C25587

split-complementary

#BDC255 #5587C2 #9055C2

monochromatic

#707329 #9CA03A #BDC255 #CED282 #E0E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BDC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC255

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC255	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.133 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d489',
    500: '#bdc255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc255;
$custom-light: #d3d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.752,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78833,
    "c": 0.13252,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC255

secondary

#423F7D

accent

#51D757

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC255

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

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