#BDCE57#BDCE57

#BDCE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.145 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE57
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -22.21, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 60.23, 111.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0647 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.145 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7787, 55.6501, 17.3976)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE57 #6857CE

analogous

#CEA357 #BDCE57 #82CE57

triadic

#BDCE57 #57BDCE #CE57BD

tetradic

#BDCE57 #57CEA3 #6857CE #CE5782

square

#BDCE57 #57CEA3 #6857CE #CE5782

split-complementary

#BDCE57 #5782CE #A357CE

monochromatic

#778427 #A1B334 #BDCE57 #D0DC86 #E2EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#BDCE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE57

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE57	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)

#DBC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.145 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc8b',
    500: '#bdce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce57;
$custom-light: #d3dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81486,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE57

secondary

#493E8B

accent

#4ADE5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE57

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

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