#BDCB55#BDCB55

#BDCB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.143 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB55
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -20.89, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 59.70, 110.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0612 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.143 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9828, 54.1872, 16.7348)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB55 #6355CB

analogous

#CB9E55 #BDCB55 #82CB55

triadic

#BDCB55 #55BDCB #CB55BD

tetradic

#BDCB55 #55CB9E #6355CB #CB5582

square

#BDCB55 #55CB9E #6355CB #CB5582

split-complementary

#BDCB55 #5582CB #9E55CB

monochromatic

#747F27 #9FAE35 #BDCB55 #CFD984 #E1E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDCB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#BDCB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB55

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB55	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.143 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da89',
    500: '#bdcb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb55;
$custom-light: #d3da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.119,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80805,
    "c": 0.14297,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB55

secondary

#463E87

accent

#4BDD5C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB55

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

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