#BDCD61#BDCD61

#BDCD61 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.135 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD61
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 97)
HSL	hsl(69, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -20.89, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 55.33, 112.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.06 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.135 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9759, 55.3450, 19.6203)
Luminance	0.5534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD61 #7161CD

analogous

#CDA761 #BDCD61 #87CD61

triadic

#BDCD61 #61BDCD #CD61BD

tetradic

#BDCD61 #61CDA7 #7161CD #CD6187

square

#BDCD61 #61CDA7 #7161CD #CD6187

split-complementary

#BDCD61 #6187CD #A761CD

monochromatic

#7B882B #A4B73A #BDCD61 #D0DC8F #E4EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDCD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#BDCD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD61

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD61	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.135 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc91',
    500: '#bdcd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd61;
$custom-light: #d3dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81379,
    "c": 0.13455,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD61

secondary

#4E438F

accent

#4CDB62

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD61

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

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