#BDC859#BDC859

#BDC859 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.136 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC859
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -19.09, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 56.57, 109.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0557 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.136 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4446, 52.8493, 17.3616)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC859 #6459C8

analogous

#C89C59 #BDC859 #86C859

triadic

#BDC859 #59BDC8 #C859BD

tetradic

#BDC859 #59C89C #6459C8 #C85986

square

#BDC859 #59C89C #6459C8 #C85986

split-complementary

#BDC859 #5986C8 #9C59C8

monochromatic

#757D29 #A0AB39 #BDC859 #CFD787 #E2E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#BDC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC859

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC859	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.136 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d88b',
    500: '#bdc859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc859;
$custom-light: #d3d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.946,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80189,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC859

secondary

#474085

accent

#4EDA5C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC859

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

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