#BDCD59#BDCD59

#BDCD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.142 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD59
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -21.56, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 58.89, 111.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0627 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.142 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6215, 55.2033, 17.7539)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD59 #6959CD

analogous

#CDA359 #BDCD59 #83CD59

triadic

#BDCD59 #59BDCD #CD59BD

tetradic

#BDCD59 #59CDA3 #6959CD #CD5983

square

#BDCD59 #59CDA3 #6959CD #CD5983

split-complementary

#BDCD59 #5983CD #A359CD

monochromatic

#778428 #A2B336 #BDCD59 #D0DB88 #E2E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDCD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#BDCD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD59

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD59	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.142 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc8c',
    500: '#bdcd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd59;
$custom-light: #d3dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.276,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81287,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD59

secondary

#4A3F8B

accent

#4BDD5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD59

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

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