#BDC142#BDC142

#BDC142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.147 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC142
RGB	rgb(189, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -17.21, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 63.19, 105.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0528 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.147 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0409, 49.3531, 12.5174)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC142 #4642C1

analogous

#C18542 #BDC142 #7DC142

triadic

#BDC142 #42BDC1 #C142BD

tetradic

#BDC142 #42C185 #4642C1 #C1427D

square

#BDC142 #42C185 #4642C1 #C1427D

split-complementary

#BDC142 #427DC1 #8542C1

monochromatic

#656722 #929531 #BDC142 #CDD070 #DDDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDC142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BDC142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC142

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC142	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)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.147 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d37d',
    500: '#bdc142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc142;
$custom-light: #d4d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.89,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78434,
    "c": 0.14674,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC142

secondary

#9593CC

accent

#4EDA52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC142

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

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