#BDD157#BDD157

#BDD157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.148 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD157
RGB	rgb(189, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 58.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -23.67, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 61.63, 112.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0688 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.148 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5078, 57.1083, 17.6406)
Luminance	0.5711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD157 #6B57D1

analogous

#D1A857 #BDD157 #80D157

triadic

#BDD157 #57BDD1 #D157BD

tetradic

#BDD157 #57D1A8 #6B57D1 #D15780

square

#BDD157 #57D1A8 #6B57D1 #D15780

split-complementary

#BDD157 #5780D1 #A857D1

monochromatic

#788825 #A2B832 #BDD157 #D0DE87 #E3EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDD157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#BDD157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD157

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD157	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)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.148 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df8b',
    500: '#bdd157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd157;
$custom-light: #d3df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.836,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82149,
    "c": 0.14844,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD157

secondary

#4B3D8F

accent

#48E061

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD157

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

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