#BDCE5B#BDCE5B

#BDCE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.141 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE5B
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 55.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -21.89, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 58.49, 111.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0634 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.141 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9466, 55.7173, 18.2822)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE5B #6C5BCE

analogous

#CEA65B #BDCE5B #83CE5B

triadic

#BDCE5B #5BBDCE #CE5BBD

tetradic

#BDCE5B #5BCEA6 #6C5BCE #CE5B83

square

#BDCE5B #5BCEA6 #6C5BCE #CE5B83

split-complementary

#BDCE5B #5B83CE #A65BCE

monochromatic

#788628 #A3B636 #BDCE5B #D0DC8A #E3EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#BDCE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE5B

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE5B	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)

#DBC44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.141 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc8d',
    500: '#bdce5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce5b;
$custom-light: #d3dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.87,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8153,
    "c": 0.14131,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE5B

secondary

#4B408D

accent

#4ADD60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE5B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →