#BDD159#BDD159

#BDD159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.147 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD159
RGB	rgb(189, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -23.51, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 60.78, 112.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0682 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.147 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5906, 57.1414, 18.0769)
Luminance	0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD159 #6D59D1

analogous

#D1A959 #BDD159 #81D159

triadic

#BDD159 #59BDD1 #D159BD

tetradic

#BDD159 #59D1A9 #6D59D1 #D15981

square

#BDD159 #59D1A9 #6D59D1 #D15981

split-complementary

#BDD159 #5981D1 #A959D1

monochromatic

#798926 #A3B933 #BDD159 #D0DE89 #E3ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#BDD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD159

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD159	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.147 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df8c',
    500: '#bdd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd159;
$custom-light: #d3df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8217,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD159

secondary

#4C3E90

accent

#48E061

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD159

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

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