#BDCD53#BDCD53

#BDCD53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.147 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD53
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 83)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -22.03, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 61.47, 111.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0646 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.147 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3798, 55.1066, 16.4807)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD53 #6353CD

analogous

#CDA053 #BDCD53 #80CD53

triadic

#BDCD53 #53BDCD #CD53BD

tetradic

#BDCD53 #53CDA0 #6353CD #CD5380

square

#BDCD53 #53CDA0 #6353CD #CD5380

split-complementary

#BDCD53 #5380CD #A053CD

monochromatic

#748025 #9FB033 #BDCD53 #CFDB82 #E1E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDCD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#BDCD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD53

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD53	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)

#DAC345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.147 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc88',
    500: '#bdcd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd53;
$custom-light: #d3dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.869,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81225,
    "c": 0.14701,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD53

secondary

#463C88

accent

#4ADE5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD53

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

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