#BDC970#BDC970

#BDC970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.114 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC970
RGB	rgb(189, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(68, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(68, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 44.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -17.45, 42.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 46.34, 112.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0489 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.114 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7980, 53.7625, 23.3433)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC970 #7C70C9

analogous

#C9A970 #BDC970 #91C970

triadic

#BDC970 #70BDC9 #C970BD

tetradic

#BDC970 #70C9A9 #7C70C9 #C97091

square

#BDC970 #70C9A9 #7C70C9 #C97091

split-complementary

#BDC970 #7091C9 #A970C9

monochromatic

#7F8A34 #A7B745 #BDC970 #D2DA9C #E6EBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDC970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#BDC970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC970

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC970	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C169

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.114 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d99b',
    500: '#bdc970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc970;
$custom-light: #d2d99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.09,
    "s": 45.178,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80703,
    "c": 0.11434,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC970

secondary

#554C92

accent

#2DB840

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC970

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

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