#BDCE5A#BDCE5A

#BDCE5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.142 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE5A
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 90)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 56.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -21.97, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 58.93, 111.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0637 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.142 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9038, 55.7001, 18.0565)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE5A #6B5ACE

analogous

#CEA55A #BDCE5A #83CE5A

triadic

#BDCE5A #5ABDCE #CE5ABD

tetradic

#BDCE5A #5ACEA5 #6B5ACE #CE5A83

square

#BDCE5A #5ACEA5 #6B5ACE #CE5A83

split-complementary

#BDCE5A #5A83CE #A55ACE

monochromatic

#788628 #A2B536 #BDCE5A #D0DC89 #E3EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#BDCE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE5A

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE5A	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)

#DBC44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.142 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc8c',
    500: '#bdce5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce5a;
$custom-light: #d3dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.793,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81519,
    "c": 0.1422,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE5A

secondary

#4B3F8D

accent

#4ADE60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE5A

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

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