#BDCD4A#BDCD4A

#BDCD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.154 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD4A
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 74)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -22.65, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 65.15, 110.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0672 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.154 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0546, 54.9765, 14.7680)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD4A #5A4ACD

analogous

#CD9B4A #BDCD4A #7CCD4A

triadic

#BDCD4A #4ABDCD #CD4ABD

tetradic

#BDCD4A #4ACD9B #5A4ACD #CD4A7C

square

#BDCD4A #4ACD9B #5A4ACD #CD4A7C

split-complementary

#BDCD4A #4A7CCD #9B4ACD

monochromatic

#707B22 #9CAB2F #BDCD4A #CEDA7A #E0E7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDCD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#BDCD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD4A

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD4A	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.154 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc83',
    500: '#bdcd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd4a;
$custom-light: #d4dc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.328,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81141,
    "c": 0.15414,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD4A

secondary

#423883

accent

#48E05A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD4A

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

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