#BDCD51#BDCD51

#BDCD51 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 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD51
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -22.17, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 62.30, 110.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0652 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.149 116)
XYZ	xyz(44.3037, 55.0761, 16.0798)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD51 #6151CD

analogous

#CD9F51 #BDCD51 #7FCD51

triadic

#BDCD51 #51BDCD #CD51BD

tetradic

#BDCD51 #51CD9F #6151CD #CD517F

square

#BDCD51 #51CD9F #6151CD #CD517F

split-complementary

#BDCD51 #517FCD #9F51CD

monochromatic

#737F25 #9FAF32 #BDCD51 #CFDB81 #E1E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDCD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#BDCD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD51

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD51	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.149 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc87',
    500: '#bdcd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd51;
$custom-light: #d3dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.742,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81205,
    "c": 0.14866,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.55076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD51

secondary

#453B87

accent

#49DF5C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD51

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

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