#BDD440#BDD440

#BDD440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.169 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD440
RGB	rgb(189, 212, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -26.63, 66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 71.94, 111.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.0793 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.169 118)
XYZ	xyz(45.4561, 58.2764, 13.7033)
Luminance	0.5828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD440 #5740D4

analogous

#D4A140 #BDD440 #73D440

triadic

#BDD440 #40BDD4 #D440BD

tetradic

#BDD440 #40D4A1 #5740D4 #D44073

square

#BDD440 #40D4A1 #5740D4 #D44073

split-complementary

#BDD440 #4073D4 #A140D4

monochromatic

#6E7D1C #9AAF27 #BDD440 #CEDF72 #E0EAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BDD440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#BDD440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD440

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD440	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 212, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.169 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e17e',
    500: '#bdd440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd440;
$custom-light: #d4e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.324,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82616,
    "c": 0.16902,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.58276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD440

secondary

#403385

accent

#42E65B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD440

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

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