#BDD240#BDD240

#BDD240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.167 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD240
RGB	rgb(189, 210, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 69.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, -25.67, 66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 71.08, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0766 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.167 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9593, 57.2827, 13.5377)
Luminance	0.5728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD240 #5540D2

analogous

#D29E40 #BDD240 #74D240

triadic

#BDD240 #40BDD2 #D240BD

tetradic

#BDD240 #40D29E #5540D2 #D24074

square

#BDD240 #40D29E #5540D2 #D24074

split-complementary

#BDD240 #4074D2 #9E40D2

monochromatic

#6D7B1D #99AC29 #BDD240 #CEDE72 #DFE9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDD240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#BDD240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD240

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD240	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)

#E0C728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 210, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.167 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4df7e',
    500: '#bdd240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd240;
$custom-light: #d4df7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.63,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8217,
    "c": 0.16675,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD240

secondary

#3F3483

accent

#43E55A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD240

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

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