#BDC842#BDC842

#BDC842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.154 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC842
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -20.69, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 66.09, 108.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0625 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.154 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6251, 52.5215, 13.0454)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC842 #4D42C8

analogous

#C89042 #BDC842 #7AC842

triadic

#BDC842 #42BDC8 #C842BD

tetradic

#BDC842 #42C890 #4D42C8 #C8427A

square

#BDC842 #42C890 #4D42C8 #C8427A

split-complementary

#BDC842 #427AC8 #9042C8

monochromatic

#696F20 #959F2E #BDC842 #CED671 #DEE4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDC842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#BDC842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC842

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC842	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)

#D6BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.154 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d87e',
    500: '#bdc842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc842;
$custom-light: #d4d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.925,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79971,
    "c": 0.1543,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC842

secondary

#3B3679

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC842

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

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