#BDC357#BDC357

#BDC357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.132 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC357
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 55.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -16.76, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 55.19, 107.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0493 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.132 112)
XYZ	xyz(42.2226, 50.5380, 16.5456)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC357 #5D57C3

analogous

#C39357 #BDC357 #87C357

triadic

#BDC357 #57BDC3 #C357BD

tetradic

#BDC357 #57C393 #5D57C3 #C35787

square

#BDC357 #57C393 #5D57C3 #C35787

split-complementary

#BDC357 #5787C3 #9357C3

monochromatic

#71762A #9DA33A #BDC357 #CFD384 #E0E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BDC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC357

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC357	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.132 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d58a',
    500: '#bdc357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc357;
$custom-light: #d3d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79073,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.50537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC357

secondary

#43407F

accent

#51D758

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC357

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

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