#BDD855#BDD855

#BDD855 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.159 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD855
RGB	rgb(189, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(72, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -27.19, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 65.76, 114.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0788 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.159 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1825, 60.5866, 17.8013)
Luminance	0.6059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD855 #7055D8

analogous

#D8B155 #BDD855 #7CD855

triadic

#BDD855 #55BDD8 #D855BD

tetradic

#BDD855 #55D8B1 #7055D8 #D8557C

square

#BDD855 #55D8B1 #7055D8 #D8557C

split-complementary

#BDD855 #557CD8 #B155D8

monochromatic

#7A9121 #A4C32D #BDD855 #D0E387 #E4EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BDD855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#BDD855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD855

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD855	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.159 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e48a',
    500: '#bdd855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd855;
$custom-light: #d4e48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.366,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83682,
    "c": 0.15859,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD855

secondary

#4E3B96

accent

#42E664

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD855

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

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