#BDD049#BDD049

#BDD049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.158 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD049
RGB	rgb(189, 208, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 64.9%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -24.17, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 66.87, 111.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0716 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.158 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7457, 56.4121, 14.8335)
Luminance	0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD049 #5C49D0

analogous

#D09F49 #BDD049 #7AD049

triadic

#BDD049 #49BDD0 #D049BD

tetradic

#BDD049 #49D09F #5C49D0 #D0497A

square

#BDD049 #49D09F #5C49D0 #D0497A

split-complementary

#BDD049 #497AD0 #9F49D0

monochromatic

#717E21 #9CAF2D #BDD049 #CFDD7A #E0E9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BDD049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#BDD049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD049

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD049	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 208, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.158 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4de82',
    500: '#bdd049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd049;
$custom-light: #d4de82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.444,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81796,
    "c": 0.15832,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD049

secondary

#433886

accent

#46E25C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD049

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

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