#BDD459#BDD459

#BDD459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.150 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD459
RGB	rgb(189, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(71, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(71, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -24.97, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 62.20, 113.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0722 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.15 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3336, 58.6274, 18.3246)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD459 #7059D4

analogous

#D4AE59 #BDD459 #80D459

triadic

#BDD459 #59BDD4 #D459BD

tetradic

#BDD459 #59D4AE #7059D4 #D45980

square

#BDD459 #59D4AE #7059D4 #D45980

split-complementary

#BDD459 #5980D4 #AE59D4

monochromatic

#7A8E25 #A4BE31 #BDD459 #D0E18A #E4EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BDD459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#BDD459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD459

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD459	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.150 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e18c',
    500: '#bdd459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd459;
$custom-light: #d3e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.22,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82834,
    "c": 0.1504,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD459

secondary

#4E3E94

accent

#46E263

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD459

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

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