#BDCA4E#BDCA4E

#BDCA4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.148 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA4E
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -20.91, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 62.20, 109.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.062 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.148 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4829, 53.6106, 15.2635)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA4E #5B4ECA

analogous

#CA994E #BDCA4E #7FCA4E

triadic

#BDCA4E #4EBDCA #CA4EBD

tetradic

#BDCA4E #4ECA99 #5B4ECA #CA4E7F

square

#BDCA4E #4ECA99 #5B4ECA #CA4E7F

split-complementary

#BDCA4E #4E7FCA #994ECA

monochromatic

#707924 #9CA832 #BDCA4E #CFD87D #E0E6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDCA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#BDCA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA4E

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA4E	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.148 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da85',
    500: '#bdca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca4e;
$custom-light: #d4da85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.29,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80515,
    "c": 0.1476,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA4E

secondary

#423B82

accent

#4BDD5A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA4E

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

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