#BDDB42#BDDB42

#BDDB42 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.176 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDDB42
RGB	rgb(189, 219, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(72, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 0%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -29.83, 68.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 74.30, 113.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0879 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.176 120)
XYZ	xyz(47.3020, 61.8754, 14.6044)
Luminance	0.6188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDDB42 #6042DB

analogous

#DBAD42 #BDDB42 #70DB42

triadic

#BDDB42 #42BDDB #DB42BD

tetradic

#BDDB42 #42DBAD #6042DB #DB4270

square

#BDDB42 #42DBAD #6042DB #DB4270

split-complementary

#BDDB42 #4270DB #AD42DB

monochromatic

#73891A #9EBC24 #BDDB42 #CFE575 #E1EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BDDB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#BDDB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDDB42

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDDB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDDB42	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8D0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bddb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 219, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.176 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e680',
    500: '#bddb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bddb42;
$custom-light: #d4e680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bddb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.765,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84193,
    "c": 0.17574,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.61875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDDB42

secondary

#45338F

accent

#3DEB5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDDB42

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

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