#BDD451#BDD451

#BDD451 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.157 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD451
RGB	rgb(189, 212, 81)
HSL	hsl(71, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(71, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 61.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -25.56, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 65.51, 112.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0747 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.157 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0157, 58.5002, 16.6505)
Luminance	0.5850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD451 #6851D4

analogous

#D4A951 #BDD451 #7CD451

triadic

#BDD451 #51BDD4 #D451BD

tetradic

#BDD451 #51D4A9 #6851D4 #D4517C

square

#BDD451 #51D4A9 #6851D4 #D4517C

split-complementary

#BDD451 #517CD4 #A951D4

monochromatic

#778922 #A1BA2E #BDD451 #D0E082 #E2ECB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BDD451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#BDD451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD451

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD451	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 212, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.157 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e187',
    500: '#bdd451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd451;
$custom-light: #d4e187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.534,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82755,
    "c": 0.15695,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD451

secondary

#493A8F

accent

#44E460

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD451

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

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