#BDC455#BDC455

#BDC455 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.135 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC455
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -17.42, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 56.53, 107.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0514 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.135 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3669, 50.9554, 16.1961)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC455 #5C55C4

analogous

#C49455 #BDC455 #85C455

triadic

#BDC455 #55BDC4 #C455BD

tetradic

#BDC455 #55C494 #5C55C4 #C45585

square

#BDC455 #55C494 #5C55C4 #C45585

split-complementary

#BDC455 #5585C4 #9455C4

monochromatic

#717629 #9CA339 #BDC455 #CFD482 #E0E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDC455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BDC455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC455

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC455	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.135 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d589',
    500: '#bdc455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc455;
$custom-light: #d3d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.784,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7927,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC455

secondary

#433F7F

accent

#50D858

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC455

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

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