#BDCA38#BDCA38

#BDCA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.163 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA38
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -22.21, 66.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 70.49, 108.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0677 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.163 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8218, 53.3462, 11.7817)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA38 #4538CA

analogous

#CA8E38 #BDCA38 #74CA38

triadic

#BDCA38 #38BDCA #CA38BD

tetradic

#BDCA38 #38CA8E #4538CA #CA3874

square

#BDCA38 #38CA8E #4538CA #CA3874

split-complementary

#BDCA38 #3874CA #8E38CA

monochromatic

#646B1D #919B29 #BDCA38 #CDD768 #DDE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDCA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#BDCA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA38

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA38	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)

#D9C01B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.163 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da79',
    500: '#bdca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca38;
$custom-light: #d4da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.342,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80341,
    "c": 0.16285,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA38

secondary

#373175

accent

#47E154

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA38

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

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