#BDC459#BDC459

#BDC459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.131 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC459
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -17.10, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 54.74, 108.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0501 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.131 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5303, 51.0208, 17.0568)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC459 #6059C4

analogous

#C49559 #BDC459 #87C459

triadic

#BDC459 #59BDC4 #C459BD

tetradic

#BDC459 #59C495 #6059C4 #C45987

square

#BDC459 #59C495 #6059C4 #C45987

split-complementary

#BDC459 #5987C4 #9559C4

monochromatic

#73782B #9EA53B #BDC459 #CFD486 #E1E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BDC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC459

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC459	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	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)

#D1BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.131 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d58b',
    500: '#bdc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc459;
$custom-light: #d3d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.925,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79314,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC459

secondary

#454081

accent

#51D759

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC459

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

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