#BDCA57#BDCA57

#BDCA57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.140 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA57
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -20.24, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 58.37, 110.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0592 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.14 115)
XYZ	xyz(43.8280, 53.7486, 17.0807)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA57 #6457CA

analogous

#CA9E57 #BDCA57 #84CA57

triadic

#BDCA57 #57BDCA #CA57BD

tetradic

#BDCA57 #57CA9E #6457CA #CA5784

square

#BDCA57 #57CA9E #6457CA #CA5784

split-complementary

#BDCA57 #5784CA #9E57CA

monochromatic

#757F28 #A0AD37 #BDCA57 #CFD986 #E2E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDCA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#BDCA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA57

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA57	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)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.140 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da8a',
    500: '#bdca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca57;
$custom-light: #d3da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.783,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80606,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.53748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA57

secondary

#473F87

accent

#4CDB5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA57

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

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