#BDD659#BDD659

#BDD659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.153 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD659
RGB	rgb(189, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -25.93, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 63.15, 114.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0749 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.153 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8366, 59.6335, 18.4923)
Luminance	0.5963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD659 #7259D6

analogous

#D6B159 #BDD659 #7FD659

triadic

#BDD659 #59BDD6 #D659BD

tetradic

#BDD659 #59D6B1 #7259D6 #D6597F

square

#BDD659 #59D6B1 #7259D6 #D6597F

split-complementary

#BDD659 #597FD6 #B159D6

monochromatic

#7B9124 #A5C230 #BDD659 #D1E28A #E4EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BDD659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#BDD659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD659

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD659	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.153 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e28c',
    500: '#bdd659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd659;
$custom-light: #d3e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83277,
    "c": 0.15285,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD659

secondary

#4F3D96

accent

#44E464

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD659

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

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