#BDCF42#BDCF42

#BDCF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.162 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCF42
RGB	rgb(189, 207, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -24.11, 64.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 69.07, 110.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0721 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.162 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2835, 55.8384, 13.5983)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCF42 #5442CF

analogous

#CF9B42 #BDCF42 #76CF42

triadic

#BDCF42 #42BDCF #CF42BD

tetradic

#BDCF42 #42CF9B #5442CF #CF4276

square

#BDCF42 #42CF9B #5442CF #CF4276

split-complementary

#BDCF42 #4276CF #9B42CF

monochromatic

#6D781F #99A92B #BDCF42 #CEDB73 #DFE8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#BDCF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCF42

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCF42	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 207, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.162 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4dd7e',
    500: '#bdcf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcf42;
$custom-light: #d4dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.66,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81519,
    "c": 0.16208,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCF42

secondary

#3F3580

accent

#45E359

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCF42

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

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