#BDD656#BDD656

#BDD656 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.155 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD656
RGB	rgb(189, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -26.16, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 64.40, 113.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0759 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.155 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7132, 59.5841, 17.8423)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD656 #6F56D6

analogous

#D6AF56 #BDD656 #7DD656

triadic

#BDD656 #56BDD6 #D656BD

tetradic

#BDD656 #56D6AF #6F56D6 #D6567D

square

#BDD656 #56D6AF #6F56D6 #D6567D

split-complementary

#BDD656 #567DD6 #AF56D6

monochromatic

#7A8F23 #A4C02F #BDD656 #D0E287 #E3EEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BDD656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#BDD656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD656

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD656	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.155 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e28b',
    500: '#bdd656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd656;
$custom-light: #d3e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.719,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83247,
    "c": 0.15535,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD656

secondary

#4D3C95

accent

#44E463

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD656

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

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