#BDC261#BDC261

#BDC261 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.121 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC261
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 50%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -15.40, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 50.13, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0444 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.121 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4366, 50.2663, 18.7738)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC261 #6661C2

analogous

#C29761 #BDC261 #8DC261

triadic

#BDC261 #61BDC2 #C261BD

tetradic

#BDC261 #61C297 #6661C2 #C2618D

square

#BDC261 #61C297 #6661C2 #C2618D

split-complementary

#BDC261 #618DC2 #9761C2

monochromatic

#767A2F #A1A640 #BDC261 #CFD38D #E2E4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BDC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC261

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC261	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.121 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d490',
    500: '#bdc261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc261;
$custom-light: #d3d490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.093,
    "s": 44.292,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78975,
    "c": 0.1212,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC261

secondary

#484582

accent

#54D45A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC261

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

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