#BDD940#BDD940

#BDD940 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.175 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD940
RGB	rgb(189, 217, 64)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.28, -29.00, 68.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.28, 74.11, 113.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0858 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.175 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7254, 60.8150, 14.1264)
Luminance	0.6081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD940 #5C40D9

analogous

#D9A840 #BDD940 #71D940

triadic

#BDD940 #40BDD9 #D940BD

tetradic

#BDD940 #40D9A8 #5C40D9 #D94071

square

#BDD940 #40D9A8 #5C40D9 #D94071

split-complementary

#BDD940 #4071D9 #A840D9

monochromatic

#71841A #9CB724 #BDD940 #CFE373 #E0EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BDD940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#BDD940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD940

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD940	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 217, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.175 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e47e',
    500: '#bdd940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd940;
$custom-light: #d4e47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.98,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83731,
    "c": 0.1747,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD940

secondary

#43328B

accent

#3EEA5D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD940

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

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