#BDCA3B#BDCA3B

#BDCA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.161 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA3B
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 59)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -22.06, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 69.47, 108.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.067 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.161 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8974, 53.3764, 12.1797)
Luminance	0.5338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA3B #483BCA

analogous

#CA903B #BDCA3B #75CA3B

triadic

#BDCA3B #3BBDCA #CA3BBD

tetradic

#BDCA3B #3BCA90 #483BCA #CA3B75

square

#BDCA3B #3BCA90 #483BCA #CA3B75

split-complementary

#BDCA3B #3B75CA #903BCA

monochromatic

#666D1E #939D2B #BDCA3B #CDD76B #DDE49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDCA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#BDCA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA3B

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA3B	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.161 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da7a',
    500: '#bdca3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca3b;
$custom-light: #d4da7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80361,
    "c": 0.16106,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA3B

secondary

#393377

accent

#47E155

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA3B

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

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