#BDC489#BDC489

#BDC489 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.079 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC489
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 137)
HSL	hsl(67, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(67, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 30.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -11.95, 28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 31.27, 112.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0317 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.079 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2415, 52.1053, 31.3360)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC489 #9089C4

analogous

#C4AE89 #BDC489 #9FC489

triadic

#BDC489 #89BDC4 #C489BD

tetradic

#BDC489 #89C4AE #9089C4 #C4899F

square

#BDC489 #89C4AE #9089C4 #C4899F

split-complementary

#BDC489 #899FC4 #AE89C4

monochromatic

#848C46 #A6B060 #BDC489 #D4D8B2 #EBEDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDC489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#BDC489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC489

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC489	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBE85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC08B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.079 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5ac',
    500: '#bdc489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc489;
$custom-light: #d1d5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.119,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80046,
    "c": 0.07882,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC489

secondary

#635C95

accent

#39AC47

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC489

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

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