#BDC477#BDC477

#BDC477 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.100 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC477
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 119)
HSL	hsl(65, 39%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 39%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 39.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -14.16, 37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 40.39, 110.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.039 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.1 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0564, 51.6312, 25.0941)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC477 #7E77C4

analogous

#C4A577 #BDC477 #97C477

triadic

#BDC477 #77BDC4 #C477BD

tetradic

#BDC477 #77C4A5 #7E77C4 #C47797

square

#BDC477 #77C4A5 #7E77C4 #C47797

split-complementary

#BDC477 #7797C4 #A577C4

monochromatic

#7F863A #A8B14D #BDC477 #D2D7A2 #E6E9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDC477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BDC477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC477

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC477	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBD71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.100 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d59f',
    500: '#bdc477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc477;
$custom-light: #d2d59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 39.487,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79727,
    "c": 0.10016,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC477

secondary

#56518E

accent

#33B23F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC477

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

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