#BDCA36#BDCA36

#BDCA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.164 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA36
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 54)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -22.30, 67.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 71.15, 108.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0681 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.164 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7739, 53.3270, 11.5292)
Luminance	0.5333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA36 #4336CA

analogous

#CA8D36 #BDCA36 #73CA36

triadic

#BDCA36 #36BDCA #CA36BD

tetradic

#BDCA36 #36CA8D #4336CA #CA3673

square

#BDCA36 #36CA8D #4336CA #CA3673

split-complementary

#BDCA36 #3673CA #8D36CA

monochromatic

#636A1C #909A29 #BDCA36 #CDD766 #DDE497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDCA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#BDCA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA36

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA36	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.164 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da78',
    500: '#bdca36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca36;
$custom-light: #d4da78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.27,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80328,
    "c": 0.16401,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA36

secondary

#363174

accent

#46E154

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA36

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

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