#BDCB42#BDCB42

#BDCB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.158 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB42
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -22.17, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 67.36, 109.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0667 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.158 115)
XYZ	xyz(43.3267, 53.9248, 13.2793)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB42 #5042CB

analogous

#CB9442 #BDCB42 #79CB42

triadic

#BDCB42 #42BDCB #CB42BD

tetradic

#BDCB42 #42CB94 #5042CB #CB4279

square

#BDCB42 #42CB94 #5042CB #CB4279

split-complementary

#BDCB42 #4279CB #9442CB

monochromatic

#6A7320 #97A32D #BDCB42 #CED872 #DFE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BDCB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#BDCB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB42

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB42	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)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.158 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da7e',
    500: '#bdcb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb42;
$custom-light: #d4da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.131,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80633,
    "c": 0.15761,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.53924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB42

secondary

#3D357C

accent

#48E057

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB42

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

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