#BDD43B#BDD43B

#BDD43B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.172 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD43B
RGB	rgb(189, 212, 59)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 72.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -26.89, 68.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 73.64, 111.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0804 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.172 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3202, 58.2220, 12.9873)
Luminance	0.5822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD43B #523BD4

analogous

#D49F3B #BDD43B #70D43B

triadic

#BDD43B #3BBDD4 #D43BBD

tetradic

#BDD43B #3BD49F #523BD4 #D43B70

square

#BDD43B #3BD49F #523BD4 #D43B70

split-complementary

#BDD43B #3B70D4 #9F3BD4

monochromatic

#6C7A1B #98AC26 #BDD43B #CEDF6D #DFEA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BDD43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#BDD43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD43B

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD43B	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 212, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.172 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e17b',
    500: '#bdd43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd43b;
$custom-light: #d4e17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.02,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82582,
    "c": 0.17205,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD43B

secondary

#3E3182

accent

#41E75A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD43B

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

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