#BDC462#BDC462

#BDC462 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.123 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC462
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(64, 45%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 50%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 50%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -16.32, 47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 50.59, 108.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0469 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.123 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9316, 51.1813, 19.1703)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC462 #6962C4

analogous

#C49A62 #BDC462 #8CC462

triadic

#BDC462 #62BDC4 #C462BD

tetradic

#BDC462 #62C49A #6962C4 #C4628C

square

#BDC462 #62C49A #6962C4 #C4628C

split-complementary

#BDC462 #628CC4 #9A62C4

monochromatic

#777D2F #A2A940 #BDC462 #D0D58E #E2E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BDC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC462

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC462	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.123 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d591',
    500: '#bdc462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc462;
$custom-light: #d3d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 45.37,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79423,
    "c": 0.12259,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC462

secondary

#4A4585

accent

#53D55C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC462

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

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