#BDC950#BDC950

#BDC950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.145 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC950
RGB	rgb(189, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -20.28, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 60.92, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.06 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.145 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3219, 53.1720, 15.5689)
Luminance	0.5317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC950 #5C50C9

analogous

#C99850 #BDC950 #81C950

triadic

#BDC950 #50BDC9 #C950BD

tetradic

#BDC950 #50C998 #5C50C9 #C95081

square

#BDC950 #50C998 #5C50C9 #C95081

split-complementary

#BDC950 #5081C9 #9850C9

monochromatic

#717925 #9CA834 #BDC950 #CFD77F #E0E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BDC950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#BDC950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC950

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC950	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.145 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d986',
    500: '#bdc950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc950;
$custom-light: #d3d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.95,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80314,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC950

secondary

#433C82

accent

#4CDC5A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC950

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

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