#BDCA51#BDCA51

#BDCA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.145 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA51
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -20.70, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 60.95, 109.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0611 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.145 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5929, 53.6546, 15.8429)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA51 #5E51CA

analogous

#CA9A51 #BDCA51 #81CA51

triadic

#BDCA51 #51BDCA #CA51BD

tetradic

#BDCA51 #51CA9A #5E51CA #CA5181

square

#BDCA51 #51CA9A #5E51CA #CA5181

split-complementary

#BDCA51 #5181CA #9A51CA

monochromatic

#727B25 #9DAA34 #BDCA51 #CFD880 #E1E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDCA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#BDCA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA51

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA51	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.145 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da87',
    500: '#bdca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca51;
$custom-light: #d3da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.446,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80544,
    "c": 0.14516,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA51

secondary

#443C83

accent

#4BDD5B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA51

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

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