#BDC457#BDC457

#BDC457 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.133 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC457
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -17.26, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 55.64, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0507 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.133 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4474, 50.9876, 16.6205)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC457 #5E57C4

analogous

#C49457 #BDC457 #86C457

triadic

#BDC457 #57BDC4 #C457BD

tetradic

#BDC457 #57C494 #5E57C4 #C45786

square

#BDC457 #57C494 #5E57C4 #C45786

split-complementary

#BDC457 #5786C4 #9457C4

monochromatic

#72772A #9DA43A #BDC457 #CFD484 #E1E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BDC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC457

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC457	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.133 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d58a',
    500: '#bdc457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc457;
$custom-light: #d3d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.853,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79291,
    "c": 0.13302,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC457

secondary

#443F80

accent

#50D859

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC457

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

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