#BDCD40#BDCD40

#BDCD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.161 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD40
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -23.26, 64.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 68.94, 109.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0699 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.161 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7441, 54.8523, 13.1326)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD40 #5040CD

analogous

#CD9740 #BDCD40 #76CD40

triadic

#BDCD40 #40BDCD #CD40BD

tetradic

#BDCD40 #40CD97 #5040CD #CD4076

square

#BDCD40 #40CD97 #5040CD #CD4076

split-complementary

#BDCD40 #4076CD #9740CD

monochromatic

#6A741E #97A52B #BDCD40 #CEDA71 #DFE6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDCD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#BDCD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD40

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD40	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.161 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc7d',
    500: '#bdcd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd40;
$custom-light: #d4dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.809,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8106,
    "c": 0.16116,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD40

secondary

#3D347D

accent

#46E258

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD40

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

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