#BDCB40#BDCB40

#BDCB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.159 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB40
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -22.28, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 68.10, 109.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0672 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.159 115)
XYZ	xyz(43.2687, 53.9016, 12.9742)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB40 #4E40CB

analogous

#CB9340 #BDCB40 #78CB40

triadic

#BDCB40 #40BDCB #CB40BD

tetradic

#BDCB40 #40CB93 #4E40CB #CB4078

square

#BDCB40 #40CB93 #4E40CB #CB4078

split-complementary

#BDCB40 #4078CB #9340CB

monochromatic

#69721F #96A22C #BDCB40 #CED870 #DEE5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BDCB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#BDCB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB40

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB40	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.159 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da7d',
    500: '#bdcb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb40;
$custom-light: #d4da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.043,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80618,
    "c": 0.15895,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.53901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB40

secondary

#3C357B

accent

#47E057

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB40

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

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