#BDD040#BDD040

#BDD040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.165 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD040
RGB	rgb(189, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 69.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -24.71, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 70.22, 110.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0739 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.165 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4686, 56.3013, 13.3741)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD040 #5340D0

analogous

#D09B40 #BDD040 #75D040

triadic

#BDD040 #40BDD0 #D040BD

tetradic

#BDD040 #40D09B #5340D0 #D04075

square

#BDD040 #40D09B #5340D0 #D04075

split-complementary

#BDD040 #4075D0 #9B40D0

monochromatic

#6C781E #98A92A #BDD040 #CEDC71 #DFE8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BDD040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#BDD040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD040

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD040	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.165 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4de7d',
    500: '#bdd040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd040;
$custom-light: #d4de7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.917,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81726,
    "c": 0.16451,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD040

secondary

#3E3480

accent

#44E459

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD040

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

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