#BDCA2B#BDCA2B

#BDCA2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.170 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA2B
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 43)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 78.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -22.76, 70.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 74.47, 107.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0703 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.17 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5441, 53.2351, 10.3193)
Luminance	0.5323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA2B #382BCA

analogous

#CA882B #BDCA2B #6DCA2B

triadic

#BDCA2B #2BBDCA #CA2BBD

tetradic

#BDCA2B #2BCA88 #382BCA #CA2B6D

square

#BDCA2B #2BCA88 #382BCA #CA2B6D

split-complementary

#BDCA2B #2B6DCA #882BCA

monochromatic

#5F6516 #8E9820 #BDCA2B #D0DB57 #DEE689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDCA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#BDCA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA2B

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA2B	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.170 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5da73',
    500: '#bdca2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca2b;
$custom-light: #d5da73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.906,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80268,
    "c": 0.16962,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA2B

secondary

#2F2A6F

accent

#40E84E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA2B

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

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