#BDCF59#BDCF59

#BDCF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.144 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCF59
RGB	rgb(189, 207, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -22.54, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 59.83, 112.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0654 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.144 117)
XYZ	xyz(45.1030, 56.1662, 17.9144)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCF59 #6B59CF

analogous

#CFA659 #BDCF59 #82CF59

triadic

#BDCF59 #59BDCF #CF59BD

tetradic

#BDCF59 #59CFA6 #6B59CF #CF5982

square

#BDCF59 #59CFA6 #6B59CF #CF5982

split-complementary

#BDCF59 #5982CF #A659CF

monochromatic

#788727 #A2B635 #BDCF59 #D0DD88 #E3EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BDCF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#BDCF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCF59

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCF59	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 207, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.144 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dd8c',
    500: '#bdcf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcf59;
$custom-light: #d3dd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.153,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81728,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.56166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCF59

secondary

#4B3F8E

accent

#49DE60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCF59

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

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