#BDCA42#BDCA42

#BDCA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.157 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA42
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -21.68, 63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 66.93, 108.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0653 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.157 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0913, 53.4540, 13.2009)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA42 #4F42CA

analogous

#CA9342 #BDCA42 #79CA42

triadic

#BDCA42 #42BDCA #CA42BD

tetradic

#BDCA42 #42CA93 #4F42CA #CA4279

square

#BDCA42 #42CA93 #4F42CA #CA4279

split-complementary

#BDCA42 #4279CA #9342CA

monochromatic

#6A7220 #96A22D #BDCA42 #CED772 #DEE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDCA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#BDCA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA42

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA42	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)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.157 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da7e',
    500: '#bdca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca42;
$custom-light: #d4da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.735,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80412,
    "c": 0.1565,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA42

secondary

#3C357B

accent

#48DF57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA42

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

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