#BDC661#BDC661

#BDC661 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.126 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC661
RGB	rgb(189, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 51%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -17.41, 48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 52.00, 109.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0501 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.126 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3388, 52.0708, 19.0746)
Luminance	0.5207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC661 #6A61C6

analogous

#C69D61 #BDC661 #8AC661

triadic

#BDC661 #61BDC6 #C661BD

tetradic

#BDC661 #61C69D #6A61C6 #C6618A

square

#BDC661 #61C69D #6A61C6 #C6618A

split-complementary

#BDC661 #618AC6 #9D61C6

monochromatic

#787F2E #A2AC3E #BDC661 #D0D68E #E3E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDC661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#BDC661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC661

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC661	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.126 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d790',
    500: '#bdc661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc661;
$custom-light: #d3d790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.347,
    "s": 46.977,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79846,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC661

secondary

#4A4487

accent

#51D75D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC661

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

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