#BDC655#BDC655

#BDC655 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.137 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC655
RGB	rgb(189, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 57.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -18.42, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 57.42, 108.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0542 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.137 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8210, 51.8636, 16.3475)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC655 #5E55C6

analogous

#C69755 #BDC655 #84C655

triadic

#BDC655 #55BDC6 #C655BD

tetradic

#BDC655 #55C697 #5E55C6 #C65584

square

#BDC655 #55C697 #5E55C6 #C65584

split-complementary

#BDC655 #5584C6 #9755C6

monochromatic

#727828 #9DA638 #BDC655 #CFD583 #E1E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDC655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BDC655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC655

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC655	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.137 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d789',
    500: '#bdc655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc655;
$custom-light: #d3d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.779,
    "s": 49.78,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79707,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC655

secondary

#443E81

accent

#4ED95A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC655

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

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