#BDCB51#BDCB51

#BDCB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.146 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB51
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(67, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -21.19, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 61.40, 110.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0624 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.146 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8283, 54.1254, 15.9214)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB51 #5F51CB

analogous

#CB9C51 #BDCB51 #80CB51

triadic

#BDCB51 #51BDCB #CB51BD

tetradic

#BDCB51 #51CB9C #5F51CB #CB5180

square

#BDCB51 #51CB9C #5F51CB #CB5180

split-complementary

#BDCB51 #5180CB #9C51CB

monochromatic

#727C25 #9EAC33 #BDCB51 #CFD980 #E1E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BDCB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#BDCB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB51

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB51	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.146 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da87',
    500: '#bdcb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb51;
$custom-light: #d3da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.885,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80764,
    "c": 0.14632,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB51

secondary

#443C84

accent

#4ADD5B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB51

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

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