#BDC52A#BDC52A

#BDC52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.165 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC52A
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 78.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -20.34, 69.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 72.86, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0637 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.165 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3718, 50.9195, 9.8391)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC52A #322AC5

analogous

#C5802A #BDC52A #6FC52A

triadic

#BDC52A #2ABDC5 #C52ABD

tetradic

#BDC52A #2AC580 #322AC5 #C52A6F

square

#BDC52A #2AC580 #322AC5 #C52A6F

split-complementary

#BDC52A #2A6FC5 #802AC5

monochromatic

#5C6014 #8D931F #BDC52A #D3DA52 #E0E585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDC52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BDC52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC52A

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC52A	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.165 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d672',
    500: '#bdc52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc52a;
$custom-light: #d5d672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.097,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79157,
    "c": 0.16494,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC52A

secondary

#2C286B

accent

#40E849

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC52A

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

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