#BDCA31#BDCA31

#BDCA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.167 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA31
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 49)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -22.52, 69.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 72.73, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0692 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.167 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6624, 53.2824, 10.9423)
Luminance	0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA31 #3E31CA

analogous

#CA8B31 #BDCA31 #71CA31

triadic

#BDCA31 #31BDCA #CA31BD

tetradic

#BDCA31 #31CA8B #3E31CA #CA3171

square

#BDCA31 #31CA8B #3E31CA #CA3171

split-complementary

#BDCA31 #3171CA #8B31CA

monochromatic

#616719 #8F9925 #BDCA31 #CED860 #DDE491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDCA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#BDCA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA31

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA31	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CABEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.167 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5da75',
    500: '#bdca31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca31;
$custom-light: #d5da75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.098,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80299,
    "c": 0.16671,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA31

secondary

#332E72

accent

#44E451

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA31

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

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