#BDC757#BDC757

#BDC757 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.137 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC757
RGB	rgb(189, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 56.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -18.76, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 57.00, 109.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.055 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.137 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1309, 52.3545, 16.8483)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC757 #6157C7

analogous

#C79957 #BDC757 #85C757

triadic

#BDC757 #57BDC7 #C757BD

tetradic

#BDC757 #57C799 #6157C7 #C75785

square

#BDC757 #57C799 #6157C7 #C75785

split-complementary

#BDC757 #5785C7 #9957C7

monochromatic

#737B29 #9FA938 #BDC757 #CFD685 #E1E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDC757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#BDC757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC757

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC757	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.137 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d78a',
    500: '#bdc757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc757;
$custom-light: #d3d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.357,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79948,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC757

secondary

#453F83

accent

#4EDA5B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC757

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

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