#BDD540#BDD540

#BDD540 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.170 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD540
RGB	rgb(189, 213, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -27.11, 67.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 72.37, 112.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0806 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.17 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7069, 58.7779, 13.7869)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD540 #5840D5

analogous

#D5A240 #BDD540 #73D540

triadic

#BDD540 #40BDD5 #D540BD

tetradic

#BDD540 #40D5A2 #5840D5 #D54073

square

#BDD540 #40D5A2 #5840D5 #D54073

split-complementary

#BDD540 #4073D5 #A240D5

monochromatic

#6F7F1C #9BB127 #BDD540 #CEE072 #E0EBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BDD540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#BDD540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD540

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD540	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 213, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.170 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e17e',
    500: '#bdd540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd540;
$custom-light: #d4e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.664,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82838,
    "c": 0.17014,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD540

secondary

#413386

accent

#41E75C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD540

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

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