HEX Color #BDCC42 (Yellowgreen)

About #BDCC42

When working with digital screens, the color #BDCC42 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Yellowgreen. Its digital footprint relies on 189 parts red, 204 parts green, and 66 parts blue light.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 7% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 66.5 degrees, it sits comfortably in the yellow spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#BDCC42

RGB189, 204, 66

HSL66.5°, 57.5%, 52.9%

CMYK7%, 0%, 68%, 20%

HSV66.5°, 67.6%, 80.0%

LAB78.7, -22.7, 63.9

XYZ43.6, 54.4, 13.4

Decimal12438594

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#BDCC42 #5141CC

Analogous

#CC9541 #77CC41

Triadic

#41BDCC #CC41BD

Tetradic

#41CC96 #5141CC #CC4177

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#BDCC42

#C4D157

#CBD76C

#D3DD81

#DAE296

#E1E8AB

#E9EEC0

#F0F3D5

#F7F9EA

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#BDCC42

#A8B53A

#939E33

#7E882C

#697124

#545A1D

#3F4416

#2A2D0E

#151607

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.77:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

11.88:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.69:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

10.10:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #BDCC42; }

.text-color { color: #BDCC42; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #BDCC42; }

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