#BDCE4A#BDCE4A

#BDCE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.155 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE4A
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 74)
HSL	hsl(68, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 64.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -23.14, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 65.59, 110.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0686 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.155 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2946, 55.4564, 14.8480)
Luminance	0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE4A #5B4ACE

analogous

#CE9D4A #BDCE4A #7BCE4A

triadic

#BDCE4A #4ABDCE #CE4ABD

tetradic

#BDCE4A #4ACE9D #5B4ACE #CE4A7B

square

#BDCE4A #4ACE9D #5B4ACE #CE4A7B

split-complementary

#BDCE4A #4A7BCE #9D4ACE

monochromatic

#707C22 #9CAC2F #BDCE4A #CFDB7A #E0E8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDCE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#BDCE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE4A

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE4A	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)

#DCC439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.155 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dc83',
    500: '#bdce4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce4a;
$custom-light: #d4dc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.727,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81362,
    "c": 0.15528,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE4A

secondary

#423884

accent

#47E15B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE4A

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

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