#BDCA55#BDCA55

#BDCA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.142 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA55
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -20.40, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 59.24, 110.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0598 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.142 115)
XYZ	xyz(43.7474, 53.7164, 16.6563)
Luminance	0.5372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA55 #6255CA

analogous

#CA9D55 #BDCA55 #83CA55

triadic

#BDCA55 #55BDCA #CA55BD

tetradic

#BDCA55 #55CA9D #6255CA #CA5583

square

#BDCA55 #55CA9D #6255CA #CA5583

split-complementary

#BDCA55 #5583CA #9D55CA

monochromatic

#747D27 #9FAC36 #BDCA55 #CFD984 #E1E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDCA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#BDCA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA55

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA55	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.142 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da89',
    500: '#bdca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca55;
$custom-light: #d3da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80585,
    "c": 0.14178,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.53716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA55

secondary

#463E85

accent

#4CDC5C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA55

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

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