#BDC440#BDC440

#BDC440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.151 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC440
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -18.83, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 65.19, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0575 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.151 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6528, 50.6698, 12.4356)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC440 #4740C4

analogous

#C48940 #BDC440 #7BC440

triadic

#BDC440 #40BDC4 #C440BD

tetradic

#BDC440 #40C489 #4740C4 #C4407B

square

#BDC440 #40C489 #4740C4 #C4407B

split-complementary

#BDC440 #407BC4 #8940C4

monochromatic

#656920 #92982F #BDC440 #CDD26F #DDE19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDC440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BDC440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC440

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC440	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.151 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d57c',
    500: '#bdc440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc440;
$custom-light: #d4d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.182,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79075,
    "c": 0.15134,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC440

secondary

#383573

accent

#4CDC53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC440

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

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