#BDCA79#BDCA79

#BDCA79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.106 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA79
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 121)
HSL	hsl(70, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(70, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -16.96, 38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 42.46, 113.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0468 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.106 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5582, 54.4408, 26.1935)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA79 #8679CA

analogous

#CAAE79 #BDCA79 #94CA79

triadic

#BDCA79 #79BDCA #CA79BD

tetradic

#BDCA79 #79CAAE #8679CA #CA7994

square

#BDCA79 #79CAAE #8679CA #CA7994

split-complementary

#BDCA79 #7994CA #AE79CA

monochromatic

#829039 #A7B94D #BDCA79 #D3DBA5 #E8EDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDCA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#BDCA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA79

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA79	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.106 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2daa1',
    500: '#bdca79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca79;
$custom-light: #d2daa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.63,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81059,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA79

secondary

#5C5197

accent

#2FB645

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA79

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

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