#BDD161#BDD161

#BDD161 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.140 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD161
RGB	rgb(189, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(71, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(71, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 53.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, -22.85, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 57.27, 113.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0655 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.14 118)
XYZ	xyz(45.9450, 57.2832, 19.9433)
Luminance	0.5728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD161 #7561D1

analogous

#D1AD61 #BDD161 #85D161

triadic

#BDD161 #61BDD1 #D161BD

tetradic

#BDD161 #61D1AD #7561D1 #D16185

square

#BDD161 #61D1AD #7561D1 #D16185

split-complementary

#BDD161 #6185D1 #AD61D1

monochromatic

#7C8E29 #A6BE37 #BDD161 #D1DF90 #E5EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#BDD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD161

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD161	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.140 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df91',
    500: '#bdd161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd161;
$custom-light: #d3df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.714,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82259,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.57283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD161

secondary

#514294

accent

#4ADE64

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD161

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

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