#BDC555#BDC555

#BDC555 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.136 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC555
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -17.92, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 56.97, 108.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0528 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.136 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5932, 51.4080, 16.2716)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC555 #5D55C5

analogous

#C59555 #BDC555 #85C555

triadic

#BDC555 #55BDC5 #C555BD

tetradic

#BDC555 #55C595 #5D55C5 #C55585

square

#BDC555 #55C595 #5D55C5 #C55585

split-complementary

#BDC555 #5585C5 #9555C5

monochromatic

#717729 #9DA538 #BDC555 #CFD583 #E0E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BDC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC555

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC555	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.136 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d689',
    500: '#bdc555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc555;
$custom-light: #d3d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79488,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC555

secondary

#433E80

accent

#4FD959

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC555

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

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