#BDD457#BDD457

#BDD457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.152 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD457
RGB	rgb(189, 212, 87)
HSL	hsl(71, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 59%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -25.12, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 63.04, 113.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.0729 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.152 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2507, 58.5942, 17.8883)
Luminance	0.5859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD457 #6E57D4

analogous

#D4AC57 #BDD457 #7ED457

triadic

#BDD457 #57BDD4 #D457BD

tetradic

#BDD457 #57D4AC #6E57D4 #D4577E

square

#BDD457 #57D4AC #6E57D4 #D4577E

split-complementary

#BDD457 #577ED4 #AC57D4

monochromatic

#798D24 #A3BD30 #BDD457 #D0E088 #E3EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BDD457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#BDD457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD457

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD457	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 212, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.152 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e18b',
    500: '#bdd457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd457;
$custom-light: #d3e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.04,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82813,
    "c": 0.15208,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD457

secondary

#4C3D93

accent

#45E262

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD457

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

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