#BDD255#BDD255

#BDD255 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.151 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD255
RGB	rgb(189, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(70, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 59.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -24.31, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 62.94, 112.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0708 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.151 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6733, 57.5683, 17.2983)
Luminance	0.5757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD255 #6A55D2

analogous

#D2A855 #BDD255 #7ED255

triadic

#BDD255 #55BDD2 #D255BD

tetradic

#BDD255 #55D2A8 #6A55D2 #D2557E

square

#BDD255 #55D2A8 #6A55D2 #D2557E

split-complementary

#BDD255 #557ED2 #A855D2

monochromatic

#788824 #A2B931 #BDD255 #D0DF85 #E3ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BDD255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#BDD255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD255

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD255	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.151 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df8a',
    500: '#bdd255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd255;
$custom-light: #d3df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.08,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8235,
    "c": 0.15133,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD255

secondary

#4A3C8F

accent

#46E160

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD255

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

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