#BDCD65#BDCD65

#BDCD65 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.131 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD65
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 101)
HSL	hsl(69, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -20.52, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 53.51, 112.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0586 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.131 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1671, 55.4215, 20.6274)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD65 #7565CD

analogous

#CDA965 #BDCD65 #89CD65

triadic

#BDCD65 #65BDCD #CD65BD

tetradic

#BDCD65 #65CDA9 #7565CD #CD6589

square

#BDCD65 #65CDA9 #7565CD #CD6589

split-complementary

#BDCD65 #6589CD #A965CD

monochromatic

#7C8B2D #A6B93C #BDCD65 #D1DC93 #E5EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDCD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#BDCD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD65

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD65	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C56B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.131 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc93',
    500: '#bdcd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd65;
$custom-light: #d3dc93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81428,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD65

secondary

#514591

accent

#4DDA63

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD65

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

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