#BDC657#BDC657

#BDC657 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.135 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC657
RGB	rgb(189, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 56.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -18.26, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 56.54, 108.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0536 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.135 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9016, 51.8959, 16.7719)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC657 #6057C6

analogous

#C69757 #BDC657 #85C657

triadic

#BDC657 #57BDC6 #C657BD

tetradic

#BDC657 #57C697 #6057C6 #C65785

square

#BDC657 #57C697 #6057C6 #C65785

split-complementary

#BDC657 #5785C6 #9757C6

monochromatic

#737929 #9EA739 #BDC657 #CFD685 #E1E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BDC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC657

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC657	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)

#D3BD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.135 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d78a',
    500: '#bdc657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc657;
$custom-light: #d3d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.865,
    "s": 49.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79729,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC657

secondary

#453F82

accent

#4FD95A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC657

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

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