#BDD938#BDD938

#BDD938 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.179 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD938
RGB	rgb(189, 217, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.23, -29.40, 70.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.23, 76.71, 112.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0876 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.179 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5139, 60.7303, 13.0124)
Luminance	0.6073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD938 #5438D9

analogous

#D9A438 #BDD938 #6CD938

triadic

#BDD938 #38BDD9 #D938BD

tetradic

#BDD938 #38D9A4 #5438D9 #D9386C

square

#BDD938 #38D9A4 #5438D9 #D9386C

split-complementary

#BDD938 #386CD9 #A438D9

monochromatic

#6D7E18 #99B222 #BDD938 #CEE36B #DFED9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BDD938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#BDD938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD938

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD938	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 217, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.179 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5e47a',
    500: '#bdd938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd938;
$custom-light: #d5e47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.435,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8368,
    "c": 0.17931,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD938

secondary

#3F3086

accent

#3DEB5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD938

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

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