#BDC342#BDC342

#BDC342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.149 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC342
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -18.21, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 64.01, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.0556 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.149 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4860, 50.2433, 12.6657)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC342 #4842C3

analogous

#C38842 #BDC342 #7CC342

triadic

#BDC342 #42BDC3 #C342BD

tetradic

#BDC342 #42C388 #4842C3 #C3427C

square

#BDC342 #42C388 #4842C3 #C3427C

split-complementary

#BDC342 #427CC3 #8842C3

monochromatic

#666921 #939830 #BDC342 #CDD270 #DDE09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDC342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BDC342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC342

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC342	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.149 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d57d',
    500: '#bdc342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc342;
$custom-light: #d4d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.791,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78872,
    "c": 0.14888,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC342

secondary

#393673

accent

#4DDB53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC342

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

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