#bdcd55

Color #bdcd55

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 19.17 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bdcd55

RGB

rgb(189, 205, 85)

HSL

hsl(68, 54.5%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68, 58.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 58.5%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(79.12, -21.88, 56.53)

LCH

lch(79.12, 60.62, 111.16)

OKLCH

oklch(81.3%, 0.1453, 116.12)

HWB

hwb(68, 33.3%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6555cd

Analogous

#cda155

#bdcd55

#81cd55

Triadic

#bdcd55

#55bdcd

#cd55bd

Split-complementary

#bdcd55

#5581cd

#a155cd

Tetradic

#bdcd55

#55cd65

#6555cd

#cd55bd

Square

#bdcd55

#55cda1

#6555cd

#cd5581

Shades

Color #bdcd55 mixed toward black.

#a9bb37

#87952c

#667021

#444b16

#22250b

Tints

Color #bdcd55 mixed toward white.

#c8d571

#d3de8e

#dee6aa

#e9eec6

#f4f7e3

Tones

Color #bdcd55 mixed toward gray.

#b6c35f

#aeb969

#a7af73

#a0a57d

#989b87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c4c480 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#c3c288 · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#be989d · ΔE 39.9

Achromatopsia

#c4c4c4 · ΔE 25.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdcd55;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdcd55]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bdcd55 (#bdcd55) is rgb(189, 205, 85) in RGB.

No, #bdcd55 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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