#BDDB59#BDDB59

#BDDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.159 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDDB59
RGB	rgb(189, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(74, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.02, -28.31, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.02, 65.55, 115.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.0816 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.159 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1215, 62.2032, 18.9206)
Luminance	0.6220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDDB59 #7759DB

analogous

#DBB859 #BDDB59 #7CDB59

triadic

#BDDB59 #59BDDB #DB59BD

tetradic

#BDDB59 #59DBB8 #7759DB #DB597C

square

#BDDB59 #59DBB8 #7759DB #DB597C

split-complementary

#BDDB59 #597CDB #B859DB

monochromatic

#7D9921 #A6CB2C #BDDB59 #D1E68B #E5F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#BDDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#BDDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDDB59

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDDB59	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bddb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.159 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e68d',
    500: '#bddb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bddb59;
$custom-light: #d3e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bddb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.846,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84389,
    "c": 0.15902,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDDB59

secondary

#523B9D

accent

#19CC43

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDDB59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →