#BDD357#BDD357

#BDD357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.151 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD357
RGB	rgb(189, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 58.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -24.64, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 62.57, 113.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0715 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.151 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0015, 58.0958, 17.8052)
Luminance	0.5809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD357 #6D57D3

analogous

#D3AB57 #BDD357 #7FD357

triadic

#BDD357 #57BDD3 #D357BD

tetradic

#BDD357 #57D3AB #6D57D3 #D3577F

square

#BDD357 #57D3AB #6D57D3 #D3577F

split-complementary

#BDD357 #577FD3 #AB57D3

monochromatic

#798B24 #A3BC31 #BDD357 #D0E087 #E3ECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BDD357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#BDD357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD357

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD357	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)

#E0C849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.151 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e08b',
    500: '#bdd357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd357;
$custom-light: #d3e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.645,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82592,
    "c": 0.15087,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD357

secondary

#4C3D91

accent

#46E262

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD357

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

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