#BDCC42#BDCC42

#BDCC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.159 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCC42
RGB	rgb(189, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -22.66, 63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 67.78, 109.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.068 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.159 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5636, 54.3986, 13.3583)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCC42 #5142CC

analogous

#CC9642 #BDCC42 #78CC42

triadic

#BDCC42 #42BDCC #CC42BD

tetradic

#BDCC42 #42CC96 #5142CC #CC4278

square

#BDCC42 #42CC96 #5142CC #CC4278

split-complementary

#BDCC42 #4278CC #9642CC

monochromatic

#6B741F #97A42C #BDCC42 #CED972 #DFE6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDCC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#BDCC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCC42

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCC42	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.159 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4db7e',
    500: '#bdcc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcc42;
$custom-light: #d4db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.522,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80854,
    "c": 0.15872,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCC42

secondary

#3D357D

accent

#47E158

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCC42

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

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