#BDC940#BDC940

#BDC940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.157 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC940
RGB	rgb(189, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -21.30, 63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 67.26, 108.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0644 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.157 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7995, 52.9631, 12.8178)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC940 #4C40C9

analogous

#C99040 #BDC940 #79C940

triadic

#BDC940 #40BDC9 #C940BD

tetradic

#BDC940 #40C990 #4C40C9 #C94079

square

#BDC940 #40C990 #4C40C9 #C94079

split-complementary

#BDC940 #4079C9 #9040C9

monochromatic

#686F1F #959F2D #BDC940 #CDD670 #DEE49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BDC940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BDC940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC940

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC940	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.157 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d97d',
    500: '#bdc940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc940;
$custom-light: #d4d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.255,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80176,
    "c": 0.15676,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC940

secondary

#3B3578

accent

#49DF56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC940

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

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