#BDD242#BDD242

#BDD242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.165 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD242
RGB	rgb(189, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -25.56, 65.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 70.36, 111.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0761 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.165 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0172, 57.3058, 13.8428)
Luminance	0.5730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD242 #5742D2

analogous

#D29F42 #BDD242 #75D242

triadic

#BDD242 #42BDD2 #D242BD

tetradic

#BDD242 #42D29F #5742D2 #D24275

square

#BDD242 #42D29F #5742D2 #D24275

split-complementary

#BDD242 #4275D2 #9F42D2

monochromatic

#6E7C1E #9AAD29 #BDD242 #CEDE73 #E0EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDD242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#BDD242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD242

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD242	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)

#E0C72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.165 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4df7f',
    500: '#bdd242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd242;
$custom-light: #d4df7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.75,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82185,
    "c": 0.16546,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD242

secondary

#403484

accent

#43E55B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD242

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

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