#BDD349#BDD349

#BDD349 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.162 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD349
RGB	rgb(189, 211, 73)
HSL	hsl(70, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(70, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 65.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -25.62, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 68.20, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0756 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.162 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4840, 57.8888, 15.0796)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD349 #5F49D3

analogous

#D3A449 #BDD349 #78D349

triadic

#BDD349 #49BDD3 #D349BD

tetradic

#BDD349 #49D3A4 #5F49D3 #D34978

square

#BDD349 #49D3A4 #5F49D3 #D34978

split-complementary

#BDD349 #4978D3 #A449D3

monochromatic

#72821F #9EB32B #BDD349 #CFDF7A #E1EBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BDD349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#BDD349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD349

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD349	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 211, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.162 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e083',
    500: '#bdd349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd349;
$custom-light: #d4e083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.565,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82462,
    "c": 0.16179,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD349

secondary

#443789

accent

#44E45D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD349

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

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