#BDD156#BDD156

#BDD156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.149 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD156
RGB	rgb(189, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 58.9%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -23.75, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 62.05, 112.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0691 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.149 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4672, 57.0921, 17.4269)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD156 #6A56D1

analogous

#D1A756 #BDD156 #7FD156

triadic

#BDD156 #56BDD1 #D156BD

tetradic

#BDD156 #56D1A7 #6A56D1 #D1567F

square

#BDD156 #56D1A7 #6A56D1 #D1567F

split-complementary

#BDD156 #567FD1 #A756D1

monochromatic

#788825 #A2B832 #BDD156 #D0DE86 #E3EBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDD156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#BDD156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD156

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD156	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.149 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df8a',
    500: '#bdd156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd156;
$custom-light: #d3df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.756,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82139,
    "c": 0.14929,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD156

secondary

#4A3D8E

accent

#47E060

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD156

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

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