#BDD956#BDD956

#BDD956 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.159 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD956
RGB	rgb(189, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(73, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, -27.59, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 65.82, 114.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0799 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.159 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4795, 61.1166, 18.0977)
Luminance	0.6112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD956 #7256D9

analogous

#D9B356 #BDD956 #7CD956

triadic

#BDD956 #56BDD9 #D956BD

tetradic

#BDD956 #56D9B3 #7256D9 #D9567C

square

#BDD956 #56D9B3 #7256D9 #D9567C

split-complementary

#BDD956 #567CD9 #B356D9

monochromatic

#7B9321 #A5C52C #BDD956 #D1E488 #E4EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BDD956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#BDD956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD956

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD956	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.159 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e48b',
    500: '#bdd956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd956;
$custom-light: #d4e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.824,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83914,
    "c": 0.159,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD956

secondary

#4F3B98

accent

#41E665

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD956

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

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