#BDCB5A#BDCB5A

#BDCB5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.139 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB5A
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 90)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 55.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -20.50, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 57.52, 110.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0596 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.139 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1885, 54.2695, 17.8181)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB5A #685ACB

analogous

#CBA15A #BDCB5A #84CB5A

triadic

#BDCB5A #5ABDCB #CB5ABD

tetradic

#BDCB5A #5ACBA1 #685ACB #CB5A84

square

#BDCB5A #5ACBA1 #685ACB #CB5A84

split-complementary

#BDCB5A #5A84CB #A15ACB

monochromatic

#778229 #A1B038 #BDCB5A #D0DA89 #E2E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDCB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#BDCB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB5A

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB5A	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.139 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da8c',
    500: '#bdcb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb5a;
$custom-light: #d3da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.434,
    "s": 52.074,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80858,
    "c": 0.13858,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB5A

secondary

#494089

accent

#4CDC5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB5A

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

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