#BDC840#BDC840

#BDC840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.156 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC840
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -20.81, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 66.84, 108.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0631 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.156 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5671, 52.4984, 12.7403)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC840 #4B40C8

analogous

#C88F40 #BDC840 #79C840

triadic

#BDC840 #40BDC8 #C840BD

tetradic

#BDC840 #40C88F #4B40C8 #C84079

square

#BDC840 #40C88F #4B40C8 #C84079

split-complementary

#BDC840 #4079C8 #8F40C8

monochromatic

#686E20 #949D2D #BDC840 #CDD670 #DEE39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDC840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#BDC840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC840

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC840	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.156 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d87d',
    500: '#bdc840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc840;
$custom-light: #d4d87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.853,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79955,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC840

secondary

#3A3577

accent

#49DF55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC840

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

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