#BDC642#BDC642

#BDC642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.152 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC642
RGB	rgb(189, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -19.71, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 65.25, 107.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0598 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.152 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1649, 51.6012, 12.8921)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC642 #4B42C6

analogous

#C68D42 #BDC642 #7BC642

triadic

#BDC642 #42BDC6 #C642BD

tetradic

#BDC642 #42C68D #4B42C6 #C6427B

square

#BDC642 #42C68D #4B42C6 #C6427B

split-complementary

#BDC642 #427BC6 #8D42C6

monochromatic

#686D21 #949C2F #BDC642 #CDD471 #DEE2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDC642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BDC642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC642

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC642	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.152 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d77e',
    500: '#bdc642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc642;
$custom-light: #d4d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.091,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7953,
    "c": 0.15211,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC642

secondary

#3A3676

accent

#4BDD55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC642

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

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