#BDCA46#BDCA46

#BDCA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.154 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA46
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 70)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -21.44, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 65.41, 109.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0642 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.154 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2134, 53.5028, 13.8438)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA46 #5346CA

analogous

#CA9546 #BDCA46 #7BCA46

triadic

#BDCA46 #46BDCA #CA46BD

tetradic

#BDCA46 #46CA95 #5346CA #CA467B

square

#BDCA46 #46CA95 #5346CA #CA467B

split-complementary

#BDCA46 #467BCA #9546CA

monochromatic

#6C7421 #98A42F #BDCA46 #CED876 #DFE5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDCA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#BDCA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA46

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA46	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.154 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da80',
    500: '#bdca46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca46;
$custom-light: #d4da80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.909,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80444,
    "c": 0.15368,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA46

secondary

#3E377D

accent

#49DF58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA46

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

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