#BDC456#BDC456

#BDC456 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.134 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC456
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -17.34, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 56.08, 108.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0511 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.134 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4069, 50.9714, 16.4068)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC456 #5D56C4

analogous

#C49456 #BDC456 #86C456

triadic

#BDC456 #56BDC4 #C456BD

tetradic

#BDC456 #56C494 #5D56C4 #C45686

square

#BDC456 #56C494 #5D56C4 #C45686

split-complementary

#BDC456 #5686C4 #9456C4

monochromatic

#717629 #9DA439 #BDC456 #CFD483 #E0E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BDC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC456

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC456	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)

#D1BC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.134 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d589',
    500: '#bdc456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc456;
$custom-light: #d3d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.818,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7928,
    "c": 0.13392,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC456

secondary

#433F7F

accent

#50D859

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC456

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

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