#BDC356#BDC356

#BDC356 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.133 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC356
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 55.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -16.84, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 55.63, 107.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0496 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.133 112)
XYZ	xyz(42.1821, 50.5218, 16.3319)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC356 #5C56C3

analogous

#C39356 #BDC356 #86C356

triadic

#BDC356 #56BDC3 #C356BD

tetradic

#BDC356 #56C393 #5C56C3 #C35686

square

#BDC356 #56C393 #5C56C3 #C35686

split-complementary

#BDC356 #5686C3 #9356C3

monochromatic

#71752A #9CA23A #BDC356 #CFD383 #E0E3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDC356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BDC356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC356

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC356	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.133 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d589',
    500: '#bdc356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc356;
$custom-light: #d3d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.303,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79062,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.50521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC356

secondary

#433F7E

accent

#51D758

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC356

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

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