#BDCD50#BDCD50

#BDCD50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.149 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD50
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 80)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -22.24, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 62.72, 110.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0655 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.149 116)
XYZ	xyz(44.2665, 55.0612, 15.8838)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD50 #6050CD

analogous

#CD9E50 #BDCD50 #7ECD50

triadic

#BDCD50 #50BDCD #CD50BD

tetradic

#BDCD50 #50CD9E #6050CD #CD507E

square

#BDCD50 #50CD9E #6050CD #CD507E

split-complementary

#BDCD50 #507ECD #9E50CD

monochromatic

#737E24 #9EAE32 #BDCD50 #CFDB80 #E1E8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDCD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#BDCD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD50

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD50	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.149 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc86',
    500: '#bdcd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd50;
$custom-light: #d4dc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.68,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81196,
    "c": 0.14948,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.55061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD50

secondary

#453B86

accent

#49DF5C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD50

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

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