#BDD557#BDD557

#BDD557 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.153 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD557
RGB	rgb(189, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(71, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -25.60, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 63.51, 113.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0742 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.153 119)
XYZ	xyz(46.5015, 59.0957, 17.9719)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD557 #6F57D5

analogous

#D5AE57 #BDD557 #7ED557

triadic

#BDD557 #57BDD5 #D557BD

tetradic

#BDD557 #57D5AE #6F57D5 #D5577E

square

#BDD557 #57D5AE #6F57D5 #D5577E

split-complementary

#BDD557 #577ED5 #AE57D5

monochromatic

#7A8E24 #A4BF30 #BDD557 #D0E188 #E3EDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BDD557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#BDD557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD557

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD557	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.153 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e18b',
    500: '#bdd557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd557;
$custom-light: #d3e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83035,
    "c": 0.1533,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.59095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD557

secondary

#4D3C94

accent

#45E363

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD557

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

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