#BDC656#BDC656

#BDC656 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.136 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC656
RGB	rgb(189, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 56.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -18.34, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 56.98, 108.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0539 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.136 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8610, 51.8796, 16.5582)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC656 #5F56C6

analogous

#C69756 #BDC656 #85C656

triadic

#BDC656 #56BDC6 #C656BD

tetradic

#BDC656 #56C697 #5F56C6 #C65685

square

#BDC656 #56C697 #5F56C6 #C65685

split-complementary

#BDC656 #5685C6 #9756C6

monochromatic

#727929 #9EA738 #BDC656 #CFD584 #E1E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BDC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC656

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC656	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.136 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d789',
    500: '#bdc656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc656;
$custom-light: #d3d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.821,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79718,
    "c": 0.13623,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC656

secondary

#443F81

accent

#4FD95A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC656

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

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