#BDC42A#BDC42A

#BDC42A 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	#BDC42A
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -19.84, 69.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 72.48, 105.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0623 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.164 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1455, 50.4669, 9.7637)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC42A #312AC4

analogous

#C47E2A #BDC42A #70C42A

triadic

#BDC42A #2ABDC4 #C42ABD

tetradic

#BDC42A #2AC47E #312AC4 #C42A70

square

#BDC42A #2AC47E #312AC4 #C42A70

split-complementary

#BDC42A #2A70C4 #7E2AC4

monochromatic

#5C5F14 #8C921F #BDC42A #D4DA51 #E0E584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDC42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BDC42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC42A

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC42A	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: #bdc42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.164 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d572',
    500: '#bdc42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc42a;
$custom-light: #d5d572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78937,
    "c": 0.16394,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC42A

secondary

#2B286A

accent

#40E848

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC42A

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

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