#BDCA72#BDCA72

#BDCA72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.113 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA72
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 114)
HSL	hsl(69, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(69, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 43.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -17.74, 42.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 45.87, 112.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0495 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.113 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1445, 54.2752, 24.0143)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA72 #7F72CA

analogous

#CAAB72 #BDCA72 #91CA72

triadic

#BDCA72 #72BDCA #CA72BD

tetradic

#BDCA72 #72CAAB #7F72CA #CA7291

square

#BDCA72 #72CAAB #7F72CA #CA7291

split-complementary

#BDCA72 #7291CA #AB72CA

monochromatic

#808D35 #A8B946 #BDCA72 #D2DB9E #E7EBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDCA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#BDCA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA72

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA72	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.113 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da9c',
    500: '#bdca72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca72;
$custom-light: #d2da9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.864,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80951,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA72

secondary

#574D94

accent

#2DB942

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA72

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

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