#BDC259#BDC259

#BDC259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.129 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC259
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -16.09, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 53.84, 107.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0472 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.129 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0822, 50.1245, 16.9074)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC259 #5E59C2

analogous

#C29259 #BDC259 #88C259

triadic

#BDC259 #59BDC2 #C259BD

tetradic

#BDC259 #59C292 #5E59C2 #C25988

square

#BDC259 #59C292 #5E59C2 #C25988

split-complementary

#BDC259 #5988C2 #9259C2

monochromatic

#72752B #9DA23C #BDC259 #CFD286 #E1E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BDC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC259

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC259	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.129 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d48b',
    500: '#bdc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc259;
$custom-light: #d3d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78878,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC259

secondary

#44417F

accent

#52D658

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC259

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

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