#BDC429#BDC429

#BDC429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.164 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC429
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 41)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 79.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -19.88, 69.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 72.76, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0625 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.164 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1278, 50.4598, 9.6706)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC429 #3029C4

analogous

#C47E29 #BDC429 #70C429

triadic

#BDC429 #29BDC4 #C429BD

tetradic

#BDC429 #29C47E #3029C4 #C42970

square

#BDC429 #29C47E #3029C4 #C42970

split-complementary

#BDC429 #2970C4 #7E29C4

monochromatic

#5B5F14 #8C911E #BDC429 #D4DA50 #E0E582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDC429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BDC429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC429

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC429	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.164 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d571',
    500: '#bdc429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc429;
$custom-light: #d5d571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.71,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78932,
    "c": 0.16439,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC429

secondary

#2A276A

accent

#3FE847

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC429

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

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