#BDC140#BDC140

#BDC140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.148 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC140
RGB	rgb(189, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -17.33, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 63.97, 105.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0533 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.148 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9829, 49.3299, 12.2123)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC140 #4440C1

analogous

#C18440 #BDC140 #7DC140

triadic

#BDC140 #40BDC1 #C140BD

tetradic

#BDC140 #40C184 #4440C1 #C1407D

square

#BDC140 #40C184 #4440C1 #C1407D

split-complementary

#BDC140 #407DC1 #8440C1

monochromatic

#636621 #919430 #BDC140 #CDD06E #DDDF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDC140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BDC140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC140

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC140	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.148 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d37c',
    500: '#bdc140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc140;
$custom-light: #d4d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.86,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78417,
    "c": 0.14815,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC140

secondary

#9392CB

accent

#4DDA52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC140

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

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