#BDCA4A#BDCA4A

#BDCA4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.151 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA4A
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 74)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -21.18, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 63.83, 109.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0631 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.151 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3439, 53.5550, 14.5311)
Luminance	0.5355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA4A #574ACA

analogous

#CA974A #BDCA4A #7DCA4A

triadic

#BDCA4A #4ABDCA #CA4ABD

tetradic

#BDCA4A #4ACA97 #574ACA #CA4A7D

square

#BDCA4A #4ACA97 #574ACA #CA4A7D

split-complementary

#BDCA4A #4A7DCA #974ACA

monochromatic

#6E7723 #9AA631 #BDCA4A #CED879 #E0E6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDCA4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BDCA4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA4A

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA4A	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)

#D8C03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.151 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da83',
    500: '#bdca4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca4a;
$custom-light: #d4da83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.094,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80479,
    "c": 0.15072,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA4A

secondary

#40397F

accent

#4ADE59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA4A

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

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