#BDCD57#BDCD57

#BDCD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.144 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD57
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -21.72, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 59.76, 111.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0633 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.144 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5387, 55.1701, 17.3176)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD57 #6757CD

analogous

#CDA257 #BDCD57 #82CD57

triadic

#BDCD57 #57BDCD #CD57BD

tetradic

#BDCD57 #57CDA2 #6757CD #CD5782

square

#BDCD57 #57CDA2 #6757CD #CD5782

split-complementary

#BDCD57 #5782CD #A257CD

monochromatic

#768327 #A1B235 #BDCD57 #D0DB86 #E2E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDCD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#BDCD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD57

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD57	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)

#DAC34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.144 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc8b',
    500: '#bdcd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd57;
$custom-light: #d3dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.136,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81266,
    "c": 0.14362,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD57

secondary

#483E8A

accent

#4ADD5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD57

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

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