#BDC461#BDC461

#BDC461 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.124 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC461
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 46%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 50.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -16.41, 48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 51.06, 108.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0473 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.124 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8847, 51.1625, 18.9232)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC461 #6861C4

analogous

#C49961 #BDC461 #8CC461

triadic

#BDC461 #61BDC4 #C461BD

tetradic

#BDC461 #61C499 #6861C4 #C4618C

square

#BDC461 #61C499 #6861C4 #C4618C

split-complementary

#BDC461 #618CC4 #9961C4

monochromatic

#777C2E #A1A93F #BDC461 #D0D58E #E2E5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BDC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC461

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC461	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.124 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d590',
    500: '#bdc461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc461;
$custom-light: #d3d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.242,
    "s": 45.622,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7941,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC461

secondary

#494485

accent

#53D55C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC461

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

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