#BDC040#BDC040

#BDC040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.147 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC040
RGB	rgb(189, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -16.83, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 63.57, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0519 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.147 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7626, 48.8893, 12.1388)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC040 #4340C0

analogous

#C08340 #BDC040 #7DC040

triadic

#BDC040 #40BDC0 #C040BD

tetradic

#BDC040 #40C083 #4340C0 #C0407D

square

#BDC040 #40C083 #4340C0 #C0407D

split-complementary

#BDC040 #407DC0 #8340C0

monochromatic

#636421 #909230 #BDC040 #CDCF6E #DDDE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDC040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BDC040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC040

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC040	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.147 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d27c',
    500: '#bdc040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc040;
$custom-light: #d4d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.406,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78199,
    "c": 0.14711,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC040

secondary

#9391CB

accent

#4EDA51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC040

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

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