#BDCD42#BDCD42

#BDCD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.160 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD42
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -23.14, 64.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 68.21, 109.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0694 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.16 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8020, 54.8755, 13.4378)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD42 #5242CD

analogous

#CD9742 #BDCD42 #78CD42

triadic

#BDCD42 #42BDCD #CD42BD

tetradic

#BDCD42 #42CD97 #5242CD #CD4278

square

#BDCD42 #42CD97 #5242CD #CD4278

split-complementary

#BDCD42 #4278CD #9742CD

monochromatic

#6C761F #98A62C #BDCD42 #CEDA72 #DFE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDCD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#BDCD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD42

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD42	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.160 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc7e',
    500: '#bdcd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd42;
$custom-light: #d4dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.906,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81075,
    "c": 0.15984,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD42

secondary

#3E357E

accent

#46E158

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD42

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

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