#BDC465#BDC465

#BDC465 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.120 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC465
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 101)
HSL	hsl(64, 45%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 48%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 48.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -16.04, 46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 49.17, 109.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0459 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.12 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0759, 51.2390, 19.9303)
Luminance	0.5124 (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

#BDC465 #6C65C4

analogous

#C49B65 #BDC465 #8DC465

triadic

#BDC465 #65BDC4 #C465BD

tetradic

#BDC465 #65C49B #6C65C4 #C4658D

square

#BDC465 #65C49B #6C65C4 #C4658D

split-complementary

#BDC465 #658DC4 #9B65C4

monochromatic

#787E30 #A3AA41 #BDC465 #D0D591 #E3E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDC465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BDC465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC465

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC465	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.120 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d593',
    500: '#bdc465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc465;
$custom-light: #d3d593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.421,
    "s": 44.601,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79462,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC465

secondary

#4B4787

accent

#53D45D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC465

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

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