#BDCA56#BDCA56

#BDCA56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.141 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA56
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -20.32, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 58.81, 110.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0595 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.141 115)
XYZ	xyz(43.7874, 53.7324, 16.8670)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA56 #6356CA

analogous

#CA9D56 #BDCA56 #83CA56

triadic

#BDCA56 #56BDCA #CA56BD

tetradic

#BDCA56 #56CA9D #6356CA #CA5683

square

#BDCA56 #56CA9D #6356CA #CA5683

split-complementary

#BDCA56 #5683CA #9D56CA

monochromatic

#747E28 #9FAD36 #BDCA56 #CFD985 #E1E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDCA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#BDCA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA56

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA56	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)

#D7C149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.141 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da8a',
    500: '#bdca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca56;
$custom-light: #d3da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.724,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80595,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.53732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA56

secondary

#463E86

accent

#4CDC5C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA56

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

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