#BDC740#BDC740

#BDC740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.155 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC740
RGB	rgb(189, 199, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -20.32, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 66.42, 107.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0617 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.155 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3363, 52.0367, 12.6634)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC740 #4A40C7

analogous

#C78D40 #BDC740 #7AC740

triadic

#BDC740 #40BDC7 #C740BD

tetradic

#BDC740 #40C78D #4A40C7 #C7407A

square

#BDC740 #40C78D #4A40C7 #C7407A

split-complementary

#BDC740 #407AC7 #8D40C7

monochromatic

#676D20 #949C2E #BDC740 #CDD56F #DEE39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDC740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#BDC740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC740

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC740	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 199, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.155 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d77d',
    500: '#bdc740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc740;
$custom-light: #d4d77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79735,
    "c": 0.15457,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC740

secondary

#3A3576

accent

#4ADE55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC740

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

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