#BDC359#BDC359

#BDC359 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.130 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC359
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 54.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -16.60, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 54.29, 107.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0486 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.13 112)
XYZ	xyz(42.3055, 50.5712, 16.9819)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC359 #5F59C3

analogous

#C39459 #BDC359 #88C359

triadic

#BDC359 #59BDC3 #C359BD

tetradic

#BDC359 #59C394 #5F59C3 #C35988

square

#BDC359 #59C394 #5F59C3 #C35988

split-complementary

#BDC359 #5988C3 #9459C3

monochromatic

#72772B #9EA43B #BDC359 #CFD386 #E1E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDC359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BDC359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC359

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC359	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)

#D0BB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.130 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d58b',
    500: '#bdc359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc359;
$custom-light: #d3d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.396,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79096,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.5057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC359

secondary

#444180

accent

#51D759

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC359

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

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