#BDCD56#BDCD56

#BDCD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.144 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD56
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -21.80, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 60.19, 111.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0636 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.144 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4981, 55.1539, 17.1039)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD56 #6656CD

analogous

#CDA156 #BDCD56 #82CD56

triadic

#BDCD56 #56BDCD #CD56BD

tetradic

#BDCD56 #56CDA1 #6656CD #CD5682

square

#BDCD56 #56CDA1 #6656CD #CD5682

split-complementary

#BDCD56 #5682CD #A156CD

monochromatic

#768226 #A1B134 #BDCD56 #CFDB85 #E2E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDCD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#BDCD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD56

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD56	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)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.144 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc8a',
    500: '#bdcd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd56;
$custom-light: #d3dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.067,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81255,
    "c": 0.14448,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD56

secondary

#483E89

accent

#4ADE5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD56

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

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