#BDCA49#BDCA49

#BDCA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.151 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA49
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -21.25, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 64.23, 109.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0634 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.151 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3104, 53.5416, 14.3551)
Luminance	0.5354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA49 #5649CA

analogous

#CA9749 #BDCA49 #7DCA49

triadic

#BDCA49 #49BDCA #CA49BD

tetradic

#BDCA49 #49CA97 #5649CA #CA497D

square

#BDCA49 #49CA97 #5649CA #CA497D

split-complementary

#BDCA49 #497DCA #9749CA

monochromatic

#6E7622 #9AA630 #BDCA49 #CED878 #DFE6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDCA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BDCA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA49

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA49	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)

#D8C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.151 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da82',
    500: '#bdca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca49;
$custom-light: #d4da82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.047,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8047,
    "c": 0.15147,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA49

secondary

#3F387F

accent

#4ADE59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA49

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

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