#BDCD6A#BDCD6A

#BDCD6A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.126 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD6A
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 106)
HSL	hsl(70, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 48.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -20.05, 47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 51.19, 113.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0568 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.126 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4196, 55.5225, 21.9571)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD6A #7A6ACD

analogous

#CDAB6A #BDCD6A #8BCD6A

triadic

#BDCD6A #6ABDCD #CD6ABD

tetradic

#BDCD6A #6ACDAB #7A6ACD #CD6A8B

square

#BDCD6A #6ACDAB #7A6ACD #CD6A8B

split-complementary

#BDCD6A #6A8BCD #AB6ACD

monochromatic

#7E8D2F #A7BB3F #BDCD6A #D1DC98 #E6ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCD6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#BDCD6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD6A

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD6A	1.00	1.73	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C461

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C56F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.126 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc97',
    500: '#bdcd6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd6a;
$custom-light: #d2dc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.697,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81493,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD6A

secondary

#544794

accent

#28BD40

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD6A

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

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