#BDCD4D#BDCD4D

#BDCD4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.152 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD4D
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 77)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -22.45, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 63.95, 110.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0664 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.152 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1581, 55.0179, 15.3130)
Luminance	0.5502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD4D #5D4DCD

analogous

#CD9D4D #BDCD4D #7DCD4D

triadic

#BDCD4D #4DBDCD #CD4DBD

tetradic

#BDCD4D #4DCD9D #5D4DCD #CD4D7D

square

#BDCD4D #4DCD9D #5D4DCD #CD4D7D

split-complementary

#BDCD4D #4D7DCD #9D4DCD

monochromatic

#717D23 #9DAC30 #BDCD4D #CFDA7D #E0E8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDCD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#BDCD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD4D

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD4D	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.152 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc84',
    500: '#bdcd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd4d;
$custom-light: #d4dc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81168,
    "c": 0.15184,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD4D

secondary

#433A84

accent

#48DF5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD4D

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

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