#BDCC57#BDCC57

#BDCC57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.142 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCC57
RGB	rgb(189, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -21.23, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 59.30, 110.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0619 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.142 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3003, 54.6933, 17.2381)
Luminance	0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCC57 #6657CC

analogous

#CCA057 #BDCC57 #83CC57

triadic

#BDCC57 #57BDCC #CC57BD

tetradic

#BDCC57 #57CCA0 #6657CC #CC5783

square

#BDCC57 #57CCA0 #6657CC #CC5783

split-complementary

#BDCC57 #5783CC #A057CC

monochromatic

#768127 #A1B036 #BDCC57 #CFDA86 #E2E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BDCC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#BDCC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCC57

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCC57	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.142 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3db8a',
    500: '#bdcc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcc57;
$custom-light: #d3db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.692,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81046,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCC57

secondary

#483E89

accent

#4BDD5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCC57

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

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