#BDD981#BDD981

#BDD981 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.118 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD981
RGB	rgb(189, 217, 129)
HSL	hsl(79, 54%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(79, 41%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 40.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -23.43, 40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 46.58, 120.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0646 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.118 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7614, 62.0293, 30.1159)
Luminance	0.6203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD981 #9D81D9

analogous

#D9C981 #BDD981 #91D981

triadic

#BDD981 #81BDD9 #D981BD

tetradic

#BDD981 #81D9C9 #9D81D9 #D98191

square

#BDD981 #81D9C9 #9D81D9 #D98191

split-complementary

#BDD981 #8191D9 #C981D9

monochromatic

#86AC34 #A4CB52 #BDD981 #D6E7B0 #EEF5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BDD981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#BDD981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD981

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD981	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CF7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 217, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.118 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e4a7',
    500: '#bdd981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd981;
$custom-light: #d2e4a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.091,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84463,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD981

secondary

#6E4FAF

accent

#24C156

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF6

border

#D4D5D0

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD981

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

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