#BDCA5B#BDCA5B

#BDCA5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.136 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA5B
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 91)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 55%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -19.92, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 56.61, 110.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0578 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.136 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9959, 53.8158, 17.9653)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA5B #685BCA

analogous

#CA9F5B #BDCA5B #86CA5B

triadic

#BDCA5B #5BBDCA #CA5BBD

tetradic

#BDCA5B #5BCA9F #685BCA #CA5B86

square

#BDCA5B #5BCA9F #685BCA #CA5B86

split-complementary

#BDCA5B #5B86CA #9F5BCA

monochromatic

#77812A #A1AF39 #BDCA5B #D0D989 #E2E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDCA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BDCA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA5B

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA5B	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)

#D7C150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.136 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da8d',
    500: '#bdca5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca5b;
$custom-light: #d3da8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.027,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8065,
    "c": 0.13647,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA5B

secondary

#494189

accent

#4DDB5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA5B

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

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