#BDD740#BDD740

#BDD740 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.172 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD740
RGB	rgb(189, 215, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 70.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -28.06, 67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 73.24, 112.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0832 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.172 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2130, 59.7902, 13.9556)
Luminance	0.5979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD740 #5A40D7

analogous

#D7A540 #BDD740 #72D740

triadic

#BDD740 #40BDD7 #D740BD

tetradic

#BDD740 #40D7A5 #5A40D7 #D74072

square

#BDD740 #40D7A5 #5A40D7 #D74072

split-complementary

#BDD740 #4072D7 #A540D7

monochromatic

#70811B #9CB426 #BDD740 #CEE273 #E0ECA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BDD740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#BDD740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD740

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD740	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 215, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.172 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e37e',
    500: '#bdd740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd740;
$custom-light: #d4e37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.331,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83285,
    "c": 0.17242,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD740

secondary

#423388

accent

#3FE85D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD740

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

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