#BDD356#BDD356

#BDD356 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.152 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD356
RGB	rgb(189, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 59.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, -24.72, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 62.99, 113.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0718 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.152 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9610, 58.0796, 17.5915)
Luminance	0.5808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD356 #6C56D3

analogous

#D3AA56 #BDD356 #7ED356

triadic

#BDD356 #56BDD3 #D356BD

tetradic

#BDD356 #56D3AA #6C56D3 #D3567E

square

#BDD356 #56D3AA #6C56D3 #D3567E

split-complementary

#BDD356 #567ED3 #AA56D3

monochromatic

#788B24 #A3BB31 #BDD356 #D0E087 #E3ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BDD356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#BDD356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD356

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD356	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.152 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e08a',
    500: '#bdd356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd356;
$custom-light: #d3e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.56,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82581,
    "c": 0.1517,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD356

secondary

#4B3C91

accent

#46E261

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD356

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

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