#BDC742#BDC742

#BDC742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.153 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC742
RGB	rgb(189, 199, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -20.20, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 65.67, 107.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0612 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.153 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3942, 52.0599, 12.9685)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC742 #4C42C7

analogous

#C78E42 #BDC742 #7BC742

triadic

#BDC742 #42BDC7 #C742BD

tetradic

#BDC742 #42C78E #4C42C7 #C7427B

square

#BDC742 #42C78E #4C42C7 #C7427B

split-complementary

#BDC742 #427BC7 #8E42C7

monochromatic

#686E21 #959D2F #BDC742 #CDD571 #DEE3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDC742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#BDC742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC742

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC742	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)

#D5BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 199, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.153 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d77e',
    500: '#bdc742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc742;
$custom-light: #d4d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.511,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79751,
    "c": 0.1532,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC742

secondary

#3B3678

accent

#4ADE55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC742

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

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