#BDD735#BDD735

#BDD735 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.179 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD735
RGB	rgb(189, 215, 53)
HSL	hsl(70, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 75.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -28.59, 71.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 76.79, 111.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0856 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.179 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9303, 59.6771, 12.4667)
Luminance	0.5968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD735 #4F35D7

analogous

#D7A035 #BDD735 #6CD735

triadic

#BDD735 #35BDD7 #D735BD

tetradic

#BDD735 #35D7A0 #4F35D7 #D7356C

square

#BDD735 #35D7A0 #4F35D7 #D7356C

split-complementary

#BDD735 #356CD7 #A035D7

monochromatic

#6A7A18 #96AD22 #BDD735 #CEE168 #DEEB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BDD735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#BDD735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD735

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD735	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 215, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.179 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5e379',
    500: '#bdd735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd735;
$custom-light: #d5e379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.63,
    "s": 66.942,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83215,
    "c": 0.17868,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD735

secondary

#3C2F81

accent

#3EEA5A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD735

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

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