#BDD23B#BDD23B

#BDD23B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.170 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD23B
RGB	rgb(189, 210, 59)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 71.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -25.93, 68.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 72.79, 110.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0778 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.17 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.8233, 57.2283, 12.8217)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD23B #503BD2

analogous

#D29B3B #BDD23B #72D23B

triadic

#BDD23B #3BBDD2 #D23BBD

tetradic

#BDD23B #3BD29B #503BD2 #D23B72

square

#BDD23B #3BD29B #503BD2 #D23B72

split-complementary

#BDD23B #3B72D2 #9B3BD2

monochromatic

#6A771B #97A927 #BDD23B #CEDD6D #DFE99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDD23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#BDD23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD23B

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD23B	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 210, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.170 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4df7b',
    500: '#bdd23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd23b;
$custom-light: #d4df7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.344,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82136,
    "c": 0.16982,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD23B

secondary

#3D327F

accent

#42E659

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD23B

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

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