#BDC042#BDC042

#BDC042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.146 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC042
RGB	rgb(189, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -16.71, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 62.79, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0514 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.146 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8205, 48.9125, 12.4439)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC042 #4542C0

analogous

#C08442 #BDC042 #7EC042

triadic

#BDC042 #42BDC0 #C042BD

tetradic

#BDC042 #42C084 #4542C0 #C0427E

square

#BDC042 #42C084 #4542C0 #C0427E

split-complementary

#BDC042 #427EC0 #8442C0

monochromatic

#646622 #919431 #BDC042 #CDCF70 #DDDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BDC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC042

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC042	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)

#CFB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.146 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d27d',
    500: '#bdc042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc042;
$custom-light: #d4d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.429,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78215,
    "c": 0.14569,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC042

secondary

#9493CB

accent

#4EDA52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC042

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

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