#BDD256#BDD256

#BDD256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.150 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD256
RGB	rgb(189, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(70, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 59%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -24.23, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 62.52, 112.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0705 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.15 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7133, 57.5843, 17.5090)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD256 #6B56D2

analogous

#D2A956 #BDD256 #7FD256

triadic

#BDD256 #56BDD2 #D256BD

tetradic

#BDD256 #56D2A9 #6B56D2 #D2567F

square

#BDD256 #56D2A9 #6B56D2 #D2567F

split-complementary

#BDD256 #567FD2 #A956D2

monochromatic

#788925 #A2B931 #BDD256 #D0DF86 #E3ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BDD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#BDD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD256

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD256	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.150 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df8a',
    500: '#bdd256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd256;
$custom-light: #d3df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.161,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8236,
    "c": 0.15049,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD256

secondary

#4B3D90

accent

#47E161

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD256

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

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