#BDC556#BDC556

#BDC556 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.135 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC556
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 56.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -17.84, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 56.53, 108.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0525 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.135 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6332, 51.4240, 16.4823)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC556 #5E56C5

analogous

#C59556 #BDC556 #86C556

triadic

#BDC556 #56BDC5 #C556BD

tetradic

#BDC556 #56C595 #5E56C5 #C55686

square

#BDC556 #56C595 #5E56C5 #C55686

split-complementary

#BDC556 #5686C5 #9556C5

monochromatic

#727829 #9DA539 #BDC556 #CFD584 #E1E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BDC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC556

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC556	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)

#D2BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.135 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d689',
    500: '#bdc556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc556;
$custom-light: #d3d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.324,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79499,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC556

secondary

#443F80

accent

#4FD859

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC556

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

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