plotting - Getting a correct custom legend for contourplot?

I am having trouble making a custom range for a legend in ContourPlot since the legend doesn't "talk" to the PlotRange and adjust its scale accordingly. How do I go about fixing this?

As an explicit example consider the following. If I run ContourPlot with an automatic legend I get the right scaling:

 ContourPlot[x y , {x, 0, 2}, {y, 0, 2}, PlotLegends->Automatic,

ColorFunction ->"BlueGreenYellow"]

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But if I use a custom legend range then the legend no longer corresponds to the image:

ContourPlot[x y , {x, 0, 2}, {y, 0, 2},
PlotLegends -> BarLegend[{"BlueGreenYellow", {0, 10}}]

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How do I get the plot to use the same scale as the legend?

Answer

This was more involved than I expected. First, you need to set the ColorFunction to encompass the full range,

ColorData[{"BlueGreenYellow", {0, 10}}]

Interestingly, I did not know about that form of ColorData until earlier this week, so I recommend reading through the Details section closely. Now, to use this within ContourPlot, you need to set

ColorFunctionScaling -> False

otherwise ContourPlot will rescale everything. As to the legend, you need to specify both the contour range, like you were doing, and the number of contours to force it to use the range correctly,

BarLegend[{Automatic, {0, 10}}, 20]

Note the use of Automatic, the color function is automatically passed to the legend, so you do not to add it again. The range is necessary because the legend is only passed the range present in the plot itself. Lastly, the number of contours has to be large enough for BarLegend to use the full range, and 20 works here. All together, this is

ContourPlot[x y, {x, 0, 2}, {y, 0, 2},
  PlotLegends -> BarLegend[{Automatic, {0, 10}}, 20], 
  ColorFunction -> ColorData[{"BlueGreenYellow", {0, 10}}],
  ColorFunctionScaling -> False
]

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