#BDC557#BDC557

#BDC557 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.134 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC557
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 55.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -17.76, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 56.09, 108.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0521 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.134 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6738, 51.4402, 16.6959)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC557 #5F57C5

analogous

#C59657 #BDC557 #86C557

triadic

#BDC557 #57BDC5 #C557BD

tetradic

#BDC557 #57C596 #5F57C5 #C55786

square

#BDC557 #57C596 #5F57C5 #C55786

split-complementary

#BDC557 #5786C5 #9657C5

monochromatic

#727829 #9EA639 #BDC557 #CFD584 #E1E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BDC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC557

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC557	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.134 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d68a',
    500: '#bdc557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc557;
$custom-light: #d3d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.364,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7951,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC557

secondary

#443F81

accent

#50D85A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC557

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

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