#BDC42B#BDC42B

#BDC42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.163 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC42B
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 43)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -19.81, 69.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 72.20, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0621 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.163 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1636, 50.4741, 9.8591)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC42B #322BC4

analogous

#C47F2B #BDC42B #71C42B

triadic

#BDC42B #2BBDC4 #C42BBD

tetradic

#BDC42B #2BC47F #322BC4 #C42B71

square

#BDC42B #2BC47F #322BC4 #C42B71

split-complementary

#BDC42B #2B71C4 #7F2BC4

monochromatic

#5C6015 #8D9220 #BDC42B #D3D953 #E0E485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDC42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BDC42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC42B

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC42B	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)

#D4BE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.163 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d572',
    500: '#bdc42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc42b;
$custom-light: #d5d572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.745,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78942,
    "c": 0.16348,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC42B

secondary

#2C296B

accent

#41E748

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC42B

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

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