#BDCB5B#BDCB5B

#BDCB5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.138 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB5B
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 91)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 55.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -20.42, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 57.07, 110.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0592 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.138 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2313, 54.2866, 18.0438)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB5B #695BCB

analogous

#CBA15B #BDCB5B #85CB5B

triadic

#BDCB5B #5BBDCB #CB5BBD

tetradic

#BDCB5B #5BCBA1 #695BCB #CB5B85

square

#BDCB5B #5BCBA1 #695BCB #CB5B85

split-complementary

#BDCB5B #5B85CB #A15BCB

monochromatic

#778229 #A2B138 #BDCB5B #D0DA89 #E2E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDCB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#BDCB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB5B

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB5B	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.138 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da8d',
    500: '#bdcb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb5b;
$custom-light: #d3da8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80869,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB5B

secondary

#4A408A

accent

#4CDB5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB5B

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

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