#BDCE59#BDCE59

#BDCE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.143 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE59
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -22.05, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 59.36, 111.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.064 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.143 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8615, 55.6832, 17.8339)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE59 #6A59CE

analogous

#CEA459 #BDCE59 #82CE59

triadic

#BDCE59 #59BDCE #CE59BD

tetradic

#BDCE59 #59CEA4 #6A59CE #CE5982

square

#BDCE59 #59CEA4 #6A59CE #CE5982

split-complementary

#BDCE59 #5982CE #A459CE

monochromatic

#788527 #A2B535 #BDCE59 #D0DC88 #E3EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#BDCE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE59

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE59	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.143 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc8c',
    500: '#bdce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce59;
$custom-light: #d3dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.718,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81508,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE59

secondary

#4A3F8C

accent

#4ADE5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE59

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

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