#BDCD55#BDCD55

#BDCD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.145 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD55
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -21.88, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 60.62, 111.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.064 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.145 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4581, 55.1379, 16.8932)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD55 #6555CD

analogous

#CDA155 #BDCD55 #81CD55

triadic

#BDCD55 #55BDCD #CD55BD

tetradic

#BDCD55 #55CDA1 #6555CD #CD5581

square

#BDCD55 #55CDA1 #6555CD #CD5581

split-complementary

#BDCD55 #5581CD #A155CD

monochromatic

#758226 #A0B134 #BDCD55 #CFDB84 #E2E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDCD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#BDCD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD55

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD55	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.145 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc89',
    500: '#bdcd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd55;
$custom-light: #d3dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81245,
    "c": 0.14534,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD55

secondary

#473D89

accent

#4ADE5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD55

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

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