#BDD259#BDD259

#BDD259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.148 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD259
RGB	rgb(189, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 57.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, -24.00, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 61.25, 113.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0695 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.148 118)
XYZ	xyz(45.8367, 57.6337, 18.1590)
Luminance	0.5763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD259 #6E59D2

analogous

#D2AA59 #BDD259 #80D259

triadic

#BDD259 #59BDD2 #D259BD

tetradic

#BDD259 #59D2AA #6E59D2 #D25980

square

#BDD259 #59D2AA #6E59D2 #D25980

split-complementary

#BDD259 #5980D2 #AA59D2

monochromatic

#798B26 #A3BB33 #BDD259 #D0DF89 #E3ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BDD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#BDD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD259

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD259	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.148 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df8c',
    500: '#bdd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd259;
$custom-light: #d3df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.413,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82391,
    "c": 0.14795,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.57633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD259

secondary

#4C3E91

accent

#47E162

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD259

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

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