#BDCD52#BDCD52

#BDCD52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.148 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD52
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 82)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -22.10, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 61.89, 110.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0649 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.148 116)
XYZ	xyz(44.3415, 55.0912, 16.2788)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD52 #6252CD

analogous

#CDA052 #BDCD52 #80CD52

triadic

#BDCD52 #52BDCD #CD52BD

tetradic

#BDCD52 #52CDA0 #6252CD #CD5280

square

#BDCD52 #52CDA0 #6252CD #CD5280

split-complementary

#BDCD52 #5280CD #A052CD

monochromatic

#748025 #9FAF33 #BDCD52 #CFDB81 #E1E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDCD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#BDCD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD52

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD52	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)

#DAC344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.148 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc87',
    500: '#bdcd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd52;
$custom-light: #d3dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.805,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81215,
    "c": 0.14784,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.55091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD52

secondary

#463C87

accent

#49DE5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD52

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

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