#BDCE56#BDCE56

#BDCE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.146 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE56
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -22.29, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 60.65, 111.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.065 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.146 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7381, 55.6338, 17.1839)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE56 #6756CE

analogous

#CEA356 #BDCE56 #81CE56

triadic

#BDCE56 #56BDCE #CE56BD

tetradic

#BDCE56 #56CEA3 #6756CE #CE5681

square

#BDCE56 #56CEA3 #6756CE #CE5681

split-complementary

#BDCE56 #5681CE #A356CE

monochromatic

#768326 #A1B334 #BDCE56 #D0DC85 #E2EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#BDCE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE56

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE56	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.146 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc8a',
    500: '#bdce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce56;
$custom-light: #d3dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81476,
    "c": 0.14568,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE56

secondary

#483E8B

accent

#49DE5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE56

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

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