#BDCD5B#BDCD5B

#BDCD5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.140 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD5B
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -21.40, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 58.02, 111.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.062 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.14 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7067, 55.2373, 18.2022)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD5B #6B5BCD

analogous

#CDA45B #BDCD5B #84CD5B

triadic

#BDCD5B #5BBDCD #CD5BBD

tetradic

#BDCD5B #5BCDA4 #6B5BCD #CD5B84

square

#BDCD5B #5BCDA4 #6B5BCD #CD5B84

split-complementary

#BDCD5B #5B84CD #A45BCD

monochromatic

#788529 #A2B437 #BDCD5B #D0DB8A #E3EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDCD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#BDCD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD5B

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD5B	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.140 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc8d',
    500: '#bdcd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd5b;
$custom-light: #d3dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.421,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81309,
    "c": 0.1401,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD5B

secondary

#4B408C

accent

#4BDD60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD5B

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

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