#BDD742#BDD742

#BDD742 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.171 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD742
RGB	rgb(189, 215, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 69.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -27.95, 66.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 72.54, 112.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0827 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.171 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2710, 59.8134, 14.2608)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD742 #5C42D7

analogous

#D7A742 #BDD742 #72D742

triadic

#BDD742 #42BDD7 #D742BD

tetradic

#BDD742 #42D7A7 #5C42D7 #D74272

square

#BDD742 #42D7A7 #5C42D7 #D74272

split-complementary

#BDD742 #4272D7 #A742D7

monochromatic

#71831C #9CB526 #BDD742 #CFE275 #E0ECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BDD742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#BDD742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD742

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD742	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)

#E5CB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8CCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 215, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.171 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e37f',
    500: '#bdd742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd742;
$custom-light: #d4e37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.47,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83299,
    "c": 0.17115,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD742

secondary

#43348A

accent

#40E85D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD742

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

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