#BDCE42#BDCE42

#BDCE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.161 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE42
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -23.63, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 68.64, 110.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0707 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.161 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0420, 55.3554, 13.5178)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE42 #5342CE

analogous

#CE9942 #BDCE42 #77CE42

triadic

#BDCE42 #42BDCE #CE42BD

tetradic

#BDCE42 #42CE99 #5342CE #CE4277

square

#BDCE42 #42CE99 #5342CE #CE4277

split-complementary

#BDCE42 #4277CE #9942CE

monochromatic

#6C771F #98A72B #BDCE42 #CEDB73 #DFE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDCE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#BDCE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE42

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE42	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)

#DCC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.161 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc7e',
    500: '#bdce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce42;
$custom-light: #d4dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81297,
    "c": 0.16095,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE42

secondary

#3E357F

accent

#46E259

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE42

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

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