#BDCA2D#BDCA2D

#BDCA2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.169 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA2D
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 45)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 77.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -22.68, 70.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 73.91, 107.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.0699 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.169 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5817, 53.2502, 10.5173)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA2D #3A2DCA

analogous

#CA882D #BDCA2D #6ECA2D

triadic

#BDCA2D #2DBDCA #CA2DBD

tetradic

#BDCA2D #2DCA88 #3A2DCA #CA2D6E

square

#BDCA2D #2DCA88 #3A2DCA #CA2D6E

split-complementary

#BDCA2D #2D6ECA #882DCA

monochromatic

#5F6617 #8E9822 #BDCA2D #D0DA5A #DEE58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDCA2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#BDCA2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA2D

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA2D	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)

#D8C23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.169 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5da74',
    500: '#bdca2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca2d;
$custom-light: #d5da74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.968,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80278,
    "c": 0.16868,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA2D

secondary

#312B70

accent

#41E74F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA2D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →