#BDD342#BDD342

#BDD342 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.167 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD342
RGB	rgb(189, 211, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 68.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -26.04, 65.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 70.80, 111.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0774 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.167 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2649, 57.8012, 13.9254)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD342 #5842D3

analogous

#D3A042 #BDD342 #75D342

triadic

#BDD342 #42BDD3 #D342BD

tetradic

#BDD342 #42D3A0 #5842D3 #D34275

square

#BDD342 #42D3A0 #5842D3 #D34275

split-complementary

#BDD342 #4275D3 #A042D3

monochromatic

#6F7D1D #9BAF29 #BDD342 #CEDF74 #E0EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BDD342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#BDD342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD342

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD342	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 211, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.167 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e07f',
    500: '#bdd342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd342;
$custom-light: #d4e07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.103,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82407,
    "c": 0.16659,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD342

secondary

#413485

accent

#42E55B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD342

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

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