#BDC751#BDC751

#BDC751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.142 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC751
RGB	rgb(189, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 59.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -19.22, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 59.60, 108.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0569 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.142 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8959, 52.2605, 15.6106)
Luminance	0.5226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC751 #5B51C7

analogous

#C79651 #BDC751 #82C751

triadic

#BDC751 #51BDC7 #C751BD

tetradic

#BDC751 #51C796 #5B51C7 #C75182

square

#BDC751 #51C796 #5B51C7 #C75182

split-complementary

#BDC751 #5182C7 #9651C7

monochromatic

#707726 #9CA635 #BDC751 #CFD67F #E0E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDC751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#BDC751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC751

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC751	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.142 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d786',
    500: '#bdc751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc751;
$custom-light: #d3d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.085,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79885,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC751

secondary

#423C80

accent

#4DDB59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC751

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

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