#BDCB56#BDCB56

#BDCB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.142 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB56
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -20.82, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 59.27, 110.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.0609 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.142 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0228, 54.2032, 16.9455)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB56 #6456CB

analogous

#CB9E56 #BDCB56 #83CB56

triadic

#BDCB56 #56BDCB #CB56BD

tetradic

#BDCB56 #56CB9E #6456CB #CB5683

square

#BDCB56 #56CB9E #6456CB #CB5683

split-complementary

#BDCB56 #5683CB #9E56CB

monochromatic

#757F27 #A0AE36 #BDCB56 #CFD985 #E2E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDCB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#BDCB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB56

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB56	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)

#D8C249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.142 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da8a',
    500: '#bdcb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb56;
$custom-light: #d3da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.179,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80815,
    "c": 0.1421,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB56

secondary

#473E87

accent

#4BDC5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB56

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

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