#BDC242#BDC242

#BDC242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.148 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC242
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -17.72, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 63.60, 106.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0542 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.148 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2627, 49.7967, 12.5913)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC242 #4742C2

analogous

#C28742 #BDC242 #7DC242

triadic

#BDC242 #42BDC2 #C242BD

tetradic

#BDC242 #42C287 #4742C2 #C2427D

square

#BDC242 #42C287 #4742C2 #C2427D

split-complementary

#BDC242 #427DC2 #8742C2

monochromatic

#656822 #929631 #BDC242 #CDD170 #DDE09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDC242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BDC242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC242

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC242	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.148 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d47d',
    500: '#bdc242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc242;
$custom-light: #d4d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.344,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78652,
    "c": 0.1478,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC242

secondary

#9694CC

accent

#4DDB53

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC242

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

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