#BDCE40#BDCE40

#BDCE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.162 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE40
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -23.74, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 69.37, 110.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.0712 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.162 116)
XYZ	xyz(43.9841, 55.3322, 13.2126)
Luminance	0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE40 #5140CE

analogous

#CE9840 #BDCE40 #76CE40

triadic

#BDCE40 #40BDCE #CE40BD

tetradic

#BDCE40 #40CE98 #5140CE #CE4076

square

#BDCE40 #40CE98 #5140CE #CE4076

split-complementary

#BDCE40 #4076CE #9840CE

monochromatic

#6B751E #97A62B #BDCE40 #CEDA71 #DFE7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDCE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#BDCE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE40

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE40	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.162 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc7d',
    500: '#bdce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce40;
$custom-light: #d4dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.183,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81282,
    "c": 0.16227,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.55332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE40

secondary

#3D347E

accent

#45E258

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE40

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

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