#BDCA48#BDCA48

#BDCA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.152 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA48
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 72)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -21.31, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 64.62, 109.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0637 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.152 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2775, 53.5285, 14.1819)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA48 #5548CA

analogous

#CA9648 #BDCA48 #7CCA48

triadic

#BDCA48 #48BDCA #CA48BD

tetradic

#BDCA48 #48CA96 #5548CA #CA487C

square

#BDCA48 #48CA96 #5548CA #CA487C

split-complementary

#BDCA48 #487CCA #9648CA

monochromatic

#6D7622 #99A530 #BDCA48 #CED877 #DFE5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDCA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BDCA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA48

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA48	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.152 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da81',
    500: '#bdca48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca48;
$custom-light: #d4da81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80461,
    "c": 0.15222,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA48

secondary

#3F387E

accent

#49DE58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA48

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

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