#BDCE2D#BDCE2D

#BDCE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.173 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE2D
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 45)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 78.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -24.62, 71.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 75.47, 109.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0753 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.173 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5325, 55.1516, 10.8342)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE2D #3E2DCE

analogous

#CE8E2D #BDCE2D #6DCE2D

triadic

#BDCE2D #2DBDCE #CE2DBD

tetradic

#BDCE2D #2DCE8E #3E2DCE #CE2D6D

square

#BDCE2D #2DCE8E #3E2DCE #CE2D6D

split-complementary

#BDCE2D #2D6DCE #8E2DCE

monochromatic

#616A17 #8F9C22 #BDCE2D #CEDC5D #DDE78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDCE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#BDCE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE2D

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE2D	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.173 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5dc74',
    500: '#bdce2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce2d;
$custom-light: #d5dc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.335,
    "s": 64.143,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81166,
    "c": 0.17288,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE2D

secondary

#332C73

accent

#41E752

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE2D

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

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