#BDC42C#BDC42C

#BDC42C 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 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC42C
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 44)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 77.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -19.77, 69.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 71.91, 105.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0619 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.163 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1822, 50.4815, 9.9569)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC42C #332CC4

analogous

#C47F2C #BDC42C #71C42C

triadic

#BDC42C #2CBDC4 #C42CBD

tetradic

#BDC42C #2CC47F #332CC4 #C42C71

square

#BDC42C #2CC47F #332CC4 #C42C71

split-complementary

#BDC42C #2C71C4 #7F2CC4

monochromatic

#5D6016 #8D9221 #BDC42C #D3D954 #E0E486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDC42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BDC42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC42C

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC42C	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.163 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d573',
    500: '#bdc42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc42c;
$custom-light: #d5d573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.763,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78947,
    "c": 0.163,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC42C

secondary

#2C296B

accent

#41E649

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC42C

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

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