#BDD559#BDD559

#BDD559 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.152 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD559
RGB	rgb(189, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, -25.45, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 62.68, 113.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0736 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.152 119)
XYZ	xyz(46.5843, 59.1289, 18.4082)
Luminance	0.5913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD559 #7159D5

analogous

#D5AF59 #BDD559 #7FD559

triadic

#BDD559 #59BDD5 #D559BD

tetradic

#BDD559 #59D5AF #7159D5 #D5597F

square

#BDD559 #59D5AF #7159D5 #D5597F

split-complementary

#BDD559 #597FD5 #AF59D5

monochromatic

#7B8F24 #A4C031 #BDD559 #D0E18A #E4EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BDD559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#BDD559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD559

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD559	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.152 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e18c',
    500: '#bdd559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd559;
$custom-light: #d3e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.613,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83055,
    "c": 0.15162,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.59129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD559

secondary

#4E3D95

accent

#45E364

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD559

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

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