#BDCF51#BDCF51

#BDCF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.151 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCF51
RGB	rgb(189, 207, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 60.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -23.15, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 63.21, 111.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0679 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.151 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7852, 56.0391, 16.2403)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCF51 #6351CF

analogous

#CFA251 #BDCF51 #7ECF51

triadic

#BDCF51 #51BDCF #CF51BD

tetradic

#BDCF51 #51CFA2 #6351CF #CF517E

square

#BDCF51 #51CFA2 #6351CF #CF517E

split-complementary

#BDCF51 #517ECF #A251CF

monochromatic

#748224 #9FB231 #BDCF51 #CFDC81 #E1E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BDCF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#BDCF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCF51

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCF51	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 207, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.151 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dd87',
    500: '#bdcf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcf51;
$custom-light: #d4dd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81647,
    "c": 0.15101,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCF51

secondary

#463B89

accent

#48E05E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF3

border

#D4D5CD

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCF51

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

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