#BDC855#BDC855

#BDC855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.139 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC855
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -19.41, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 58.33, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.057 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.139 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2812, 52.7840, 16.5009)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC855 #6055C8

analogous

#C89955 #BDC855 #83C855

triadic

#BDC855 #55BDC8 #C855BD

tetradic

#BDC855 #55C899 #6055C8 #C85583

square

#BDC855 #55C899 #6055C8 #C85583

split-complementary

#BDC855 #5583C8 #9955C8

monochromatic

#737B28 #9EA937 #BDC855 #CFD783 #E1E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDC855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#BDC855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC855

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC855	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.139 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d889',
    500: '#bdc855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc855;
$custom-light: #d3d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.739,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80145,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC855

secondary

#453E83

accent

#4DDB5B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC855

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

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