#BDCD5A#BDCD5A

#BDCD5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.141 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD5A
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 90)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -21.48, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 58.45, 111.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0623 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.141 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6638, 55.2202, 17.9766)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD5A #6A5ACD

analogous

#CDA35A #BDCD5A #83CD5A

triadic

#BDCD5A #5ABDCD #CD5ABD

tetradic

#BDCD5A #5ACDA3 #6A5ACD #CD5A83

square

#BDCD5A #5ACDA3 #6A5ACD #CD5A83

split-complementary

#BDCD5A #5A83CD #A35ACD

monochromatic

#788428 #A2B336 #BDCD5A #D0DB89 #E3E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDCD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#BDCD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD5A

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD5A	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)

#DAC34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.141 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc8c',
    500: '#bdcd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd5a;
$custom-light: #d3dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.348,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81298,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD5A

secondary

#4A408C

accent

#4BDD5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD5A

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

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