#BDCE51#BDCE51

#BDCE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.150 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE51
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -22.66, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 62.76, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0666 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.15 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5437, 55.5561, 16.1598)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE51 #6251CE

analogous

#CEA151 #BDCE51 #7FCE51

triadic

#BDCE51 #51BDCE #CE51BD

tetradic

#BDCE51 #51CEA1 #6251CE #CE517F

square

#BDCE51 #51CEA1 #6251CE #CE517F

split-complementary

#BDCE51 #517FCE #A151CE

monochromatic

#748024 #9FB032 #BDCE51 #CFDB81 #E1E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#BDCE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE51

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE51	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.150 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc87',
    500: '#bdce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce51;
$custom-light: #d3dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.16,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81426,
    "c": 0.14984,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE51

secondary

#463B88

accent

#48DF5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF3

border

#D4D5CD

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE51

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

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