#BDCA3A#BDCA3A

#BDCA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.162 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA3A
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 58)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -22.11, 66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 69.81, 108.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0672 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.162 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8717, 53.3661, 12.0444)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA3A #473ACA

analogous

#CA8F3A #BDCA3A #75CA3A

triadic

#BDCA3A #3ABDCA #CA3ABD

tetradic

#BDCA3A #3ACA8F #473ACA #CA3A75

square

#BDCA3A #3ACA8F #473ACA #CA3A75

split-complementary

#BDCA3A #3A75CA #8F3ACA

monochromatic

#656C1D #929D2A #BDCA3A #CDD76A #DDE49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDCA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#BDCA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA3A

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA3A	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)

#D9C020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.162 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da7a',
    500: '#bdca3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca3a;
$custom-light: #d4da7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.417,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80354,
    "c": 0.16166,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA3A

secondary

#383276

accent

#47E155

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA3A

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

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