#BDCE49#BDCE49

#BDCE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.156 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE49
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -23.20, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 65.98, 110.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0689 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.156 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2611, 55.4431, 14.6720)
Luminance	0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE49 #5A49CE

analogous

#CE9C49 #BDCE49 #7BCE49

triadic

#BDCE49 #49BDCE #CE49BD

tetradic

#BDCE49 #49CE9C #5A49CE #CE497B

square

#BDCE49 #49CE9C #5A49CE #CE497B

split-complementary

#BDCE49 #497BCE #9C49CE

monochromatic

#707B21 #9CAC2E #BDCE49 #CEDB79 #E0E8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDCE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#BDCE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE49

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE49	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.156 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc82',
    500: '#bdce49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce49;
$custom-light: #d4dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.669,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81353,
    "c": 0.15603,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE49

secondary

#423883

accent

#47E15B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE49

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

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