#BDCA59#BDCA59

#BDCA59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.138 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA59
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -20.09, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 57.49, 110.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0585 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.138 115)
XYZ	xyz(43.9108, 53.7818, 17.5170)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA59 #6659CA

analogous

#CA9F59 #BDCA59 #84CA59

triadic

#BDCA59 #59BDCA #CA59BD

tetradic

#BDCA59 #59CA9F #6659CA #CA5984

square

#BDCA59 #59CA9F #6659CA #CA5984

split-complementary

#BDCA59 #5984CA #9F59CA

monochromatic

#768029 #A1AE38 #BDCA59 #CFD987 #E2E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDCA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BDCA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA59

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA59	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.138 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da8c',
    500: '#bdca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca59;
$custom-light: #d3da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.903,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80628,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.53781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA59

secondary

#484088

accent

#4DDB5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA59

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

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