#BDCE55#BDCE55

#BDCE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.147 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE55
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -22.36, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 61.08, 111.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0653 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.147 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6981, 55.6178, 16.9732)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE55 #6655CE

analogous

#CEA355 #BDCE55 #81CE55

triadic

#BDCE55 #55BDCE #CE55BD

tetradic

#BDCE55 #55CEA3 #6655CE #CE5581

square

#BDCE55 #55CEA3 #6655CE #CE5581

split-complementary

#BDCE55 #5581CE #A355CE

monochromatic

#768326 #A1B233 #BDCE55 #CFDC85 #E2E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#BDCE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE55

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE55	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.147 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc89',
    500: '#bdce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce55;
$custom-light: #d3dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.43,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81466,
    "c": 0.14653,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE55

secondary

#483D8A

accent

#49DF5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE55

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

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