#BDCC51#BDCC51

#BDCC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.147 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCC51
RGB	rgb(189, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(67, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -21.68, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 61.85, 110.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0638 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.147 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0652, 54.5992, 16.0004)
Luminance	0.5460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCC51 #6051CC

analogous

#CC9D51 #BDCC51 #7FCC51

triadic

#BDCC51 #51BDCC #CC51BD

tetradic

#BDCC51 #51CC9D #6051CC #CC517F

square

#BDCC51 #51CC9D #6051CC #CC517F

split-complementary

#BDCC51 #517FCC #9D51CC

monochromatic

#737E25 #9EAD33 #BDCC51 #CFDA80 #E1E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BDCC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#BDCC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCC51

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCC51	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.147 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3db87',
    500: '#bdcc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcc51;
$custom-light: #d3db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.317,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80985,
    "c": 0.14749,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCC51

secondary

#453C86

accent

#4ADE5C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCC51

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

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