#BDD042#BDD042

#BDD042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.163 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD042
RGB	rgb(189, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -24.60, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 69.50, 110.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0734 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.163 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5265, 56.3245, 13.6793)
Luminance	0.5632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD042 #5542D0

analogous

#D09C42 #BDD042 #76D042

triadic

#BDD042 #42BDD0 #D042BD

tetradic

#BDD042 #42D09C #5542D0 #D04276

square

#BDD042 #42D09C #5542D0 #D04276

split-complementary

#BDD042 #4276D0 #9C42D0

monochromatic

#6D791E #99AA2A #BDD042 #CEDC73 #DFE8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BDD042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#BDD042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD042

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD042	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)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.163 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4de7f',
    500: '#bdd042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd042;
$custom-light: #d4de7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.028,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81741,
    "c": 0.16321,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD042

secondary

#3F3581

accent

#44E35A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD042

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

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