#BDC481#BDC481

#BDC481 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.089 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC481
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 129)
HSL	hsl(66, 36%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 34%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 34.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -12.98, 32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 35.35, 111.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.035 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.089 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6888, 51.8842, 28.4251)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC481 #8881C4

analogous

#C4A981 #BDC481 #9BC481

triadic

#BDC481 #81BDC4 #C481BD

tetradic

#BDC481 #81C4A9 #8881C4 #C4819B

square

#BDC481 #81C4A9 #8881C4 #C4819B

split-complementary

#BDC481 #819BC4 #A981C4

monochromatic

#828A41 #A7B057 #BDC481 #D3D8AB #E9EBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDC481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BDC481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC481

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC481	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBE7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.089 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5a6',
    500: '#bdc481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc481;
$custom-light: #d1d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.269,
    "s": 36.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79897,
    "c": 0.08851,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC481

secondary

#5D5792

accent

#36AF43

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF6

border

#D4D4D0

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC481

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

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