#BDD42C#BDD42C

#BDD42C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.180 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD42C
RGB	rgb(189, 212, 44)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 79.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -27.53, 73.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 78.11, 110.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0834 0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.18 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9855, 58.0881, 11.2247)
Luminance	0.5809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD42C #432CD4

analogous

#D4972C #BDD42C #69D42C

triadic

#BDD42C #2CBDD4 #D42CBD

tetradic

#BDD42C #2CD497 #432CD4 #D42C69

square

#BDD42C #2CD497 #432CD4 #D42C69

split-complementary

#BDD42C #2C69D4 #972CD4

monochromatic

#636F17 #90A221 #BDD42C #CDDE5F #DDE992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BDD42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#BDD42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD42C

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD42C	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)

#E3C800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 212, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.180 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5e175',
    500: '#bdd42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd42c;
$custom-light: #d5e175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.214,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82498,
    "c": 0.17971,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD42C

secondary

#362C78

accent

#3FE956

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD42C

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

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