#BDCE3B#BDCE3B

#BDCE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.165 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE3B
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 59)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -24.01, 66.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 71.12, 109.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0724 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.165 116)
XYZ	xyz(43.8481, 55.2778, 12.4966)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE3B #4C3BCE

analogous

#CE963B #BDCE3B #74CE3B

triadic

#BDCE3B #3BBDCE #CE3BBD

tetradic

#BDCE3B #3BCE96 #4C3BCE #CE3B74

square

#BDCE3B #3BCE96 #4C3BCE #CE3B74

split-complementary

#BDCE3B #3B74CE #963BCE

monochromatic

#68721D #95A329 #BDCE3B #CDDA6C #DEE69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDCE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#BDCE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE3B

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE3B	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.165 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc7b',
    500: '#bdce3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce3b;
$custom-light: #d4dc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.939,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81247,
    "c": 0.16541,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.55277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE3B

secondary

#3B327B

accent

#45E357

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE3B

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

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