#BDCA40#BDCA40

#BDCA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.158 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA40
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -21.79, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 67.68, 108.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0658 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.158 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0333, 53.4308, 12.8957)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA40 #4D40CA

analogous

#CA9240 #BDCA40 #78CA40

triadic

#BDCA40 #40BDCA #CA40BD

tetradic

#BDCA40 #40CA92 #4D40CA #CA4078

square

#BDCA40 #40CA92 #4D40CA #CA4078

split-complementary

#BDCA40 #4078CA #9240CA

monochromatic

#69701F #95A02C #BDCA40 #CED770 #DEE5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDCA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#BDCA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA40

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA40	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.158 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da7d',
    500: '#bdca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca40;
$custom-light: #d4da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.652,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80397,
    "c": 0.15785,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA40

secondary

#3B357A

accent

#48E056

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA40

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

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