#BDC856#BDC856

#BDC856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.139 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC856
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, -19.33, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 57.89, 109.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.0567 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.139 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3212, 52.8000, 16.7116)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC856 #6156C8

analogous

#C89A56 #BDC856 #84C856

triadic

#BDC856 #56BDC8 #C856BD

tetradic

#BDC856 #56C89A #6156C8 #C85684

square

#BDC856 #56C89A #6156C8 #C85684

split-complementary

#BDC856 #5684C8 #9A56C8

monochromatic

#737B28 #9FAA37 #BDC856 #CFD784 #E1E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#BDC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC856

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC856	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)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.139 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d88a',
    500: '#bdc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc856;
$custom-light: #d3d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.789,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80156,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC856

secondary

#453F84

accent

#4DDA5B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC856

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

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