#BDCB61#BDCB61

#BDCB61 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.132 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB61
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 97)
HSL	hsl(68, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(68, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 52.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -19.90, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 54.37, 111.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0572 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.132 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5006, 54.3943, 19.4618)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB61 #6F61CB

analogous

#CBA461 #BDCB61 #88CB61

triadic

#BDCB61 #61BDCB #CB61BD

tetradic

#BDCB61 #61CBA4 #6F61CB #CB6188

square

#BDCB61 #61CBA4 #6F61CB #CB6188

split-complementary

#BDCB61 #6188CB #A461CB

monochromatic

#7A862C #A4B43B #BDCB61 #D0DA8F #E3E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDCB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#BDCB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB61

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB61	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.132 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da91',
    500: '#bdcb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb61;
$custom-light: #d3da91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.925,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8094,
    "c": 0.13209,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB61

secondary

#4D438D

accent

#4EDA60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB61

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

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